unhappy

/ʌn'hæpi/

Thân thiện

The child looks unhappy after dropping her ice cream cone.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Feeling or showing sadness, sorrow, or discontent: Describes a state of not being happy, characterized by feelings of distress, disappointment, or misery.
   • Causing or marked by unhappiness: Describes an event, situation, or circumstance that brings about sadness or is characterized by a lack of joy.
   • Not fortunate or lucky; unfortunate: Describes something that is ill-fated or brings bad luck.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • She felt very unhappy after the argument. (She experienced a feeling of sadness.)
  • It was an unhappy coincidence that they met there. (It was an unfortunate event.)
  • He gave an unhappy sigh. (He made a sound expressing discontent.)
  • The news made everyone unhappy. (The news caused a general feeling of distress.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be unhappy about/with something": to be dissatisfied or displeased with a specific thing or situation.
  • The manager was unhappy with the team's progress.
• "an unhappy marriage/life": a marriage or life that is characterized by a lack of happiness and fulfillment.
  • They endured an unhappy marriage for years.
• "an unhappy truth/fact": a fact or piece of information that is regrettable or causes discomfort.
  • He had to confront the unhappy truth about his finances.

Variants and Related Words

• Unhappily (adverb): in an unhappy manner; unfortunately.
  • He shook his head unhappily.
• Unhappiness (noun): the state or feeling of being unhappy.
  • Her unhappiness was evident to everyone.

Synonyms

• Sad: feeling or showing sorrow.
• Miserable: very unhappy or uncomfortable.
• Discontented: dissatisfied with one's circumstances.
• Dejected: sad and depressed; dispirited.
• Wretched: in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Antonyms

• Happy: feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
• Joyful: feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness.
• Contented: satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "An unhappy camper": (informal) a person who is dissatisfied, displeased, or complaining.
  • After the schedule change, he was a real unhappy camper.
• "Born under an unhappy star": destined to have bad luck or misfortune.
  • He sometimes felt he was born under an unhappy star.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. marked by or producing unhappiness
   • infelicitous circumstances
   • unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes- American Guide Series
2. causing discomfort
   • the unhappy truth
3. generalized feeling of distress
4. experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
   • unhappy over her departure
   • unhappy with her raise
   • after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence
   • had an unhappy time at school
   • the unhappy (or sad) news
   • he looks so sad

Từ đồng nghĩa

• infelicitous
• dysphoric
• distressed