unhappy

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æpi

Adjective

unhappy (comparative unhappier, superlative unhappiest)

1. Not happy; sad.
   • John Gay, The Beggar's Opera

     A moment of time may make us unhappy forever.

2. Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
3. Not lucky; unlucky.
4. Not suitable; unsuitable.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

• happy
• glad
• delighted
• exuberant
• joyous
• joyful

Translations

not happy; sad

• Armenian: դժբախտ (hy) (džbaxt)
• Catalan: infeliç (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不高興, 不高兴 (bù gāo xìng), 不开心 (bù kāi xīn), 不愉快, 不愉快 (bù yú kuài), trad. 傷心, simpl. 伤心 (pinyin: shāngxīn)

• Czech: nešťastný (cs)
• Esperanto: malfeliĉa (eo)

• French: malheureux (fr), triste (fr)
• German: unglücklich (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ulykkelig (nb)

• Old English: wansǣliġ (ang)
• Pashto: غمجن (ps) (ğamjan), خپه (ps) (xapa), خواشينی (ps) (xwâšinay)
• Portuguese: infeliz (pt), triste (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: несретан (sh)

  Roman: nesretan (sh)

• Spanish: infeliz (es)
• Turkish: mutsuz (tr), üzgün (tr)

not satisfied; unsatisfied

• Armenian: դժգոհ (hy) (džgoh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不滿意, 不满意 (bù mǎn yì)

• Pashto: خپه (ps) (xapa)

not lucky; unlucky

• Armenian: դժբախտ (hy) (džbaxt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不幸運, 不幸运 (bù xìng yùn), trad. 倒霉, simpl. 倒霉 (pinyin: dǎoméi)

not suitable; unsuitable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不適宜, 不适宜 (bù shì yí), 不適合, 不适合 (bù shì hé), 不適當, 不适当 (bù shì dàng)