Synonyms for unhappy
ʌnˈhæp iun·hap·py

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1. unhappyadjective

   Antonyms:
   delighted, happy, joyous, exuberant, glad, joyful

2. unhappyadjective

   Antonyms:
   delighted, joyful, glad, exuberant, joyous, happy

3. unhappyadjective

   Antonyms:
   delighted, happy, glad, exuberant, joyous, joyful

4. unhappyadjective

   Antonyms:
   joyous, glad, happy, joyful, exuberant, delighted

5. unhappyadjective

   Antonyms:
   joyful, glad, exuberant, delighted, happy, joyous

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1. unhappy

   Synonyms:
   broken, crushed, fallen, ill-starred, miserable, unfortunate, unlucky, woful, wretched

   Antonyms:
   favored, fortunate, happy, lucky, prospered, prosperous, successful

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1. unhappy

   Synonyms:
   miserable, wretched, distressed, afflicted, painful, disastrous, drear, dismal

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1. unhappyadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   distressed, dysphoric, infelicitous

   Antonyms:
   halcyon, happy, golden, blissful, fortunate, bright, laughing(a), blessed, pleasant, prosperous, riant

2. dysphoric, distressed, unhappyadjective

   generalized feeling of distress

   Synonyms:
   worried, disquieted, in a bad way(p), disturbed, distressed, infelicitous, hard-pressed, dysphoric, hard put, stressed, upset

   Antonyms:
   halcyon, prosperous, bright, blessed, blissful, golden, happy, fortunate, riant, laughing(a), pleasant

3. unhappyadjective

   causing discomfort

   "the unhappy truth"

   Synonyms:
   distressed, dysphoric, infelicitous

   Antonyms:
   riant, blissful, bright, laughing(a), pleasant, blessed, prosperous, halcyon, fortunate, golden, happy

4. infelicitous, unhappyadjective

   marked by or producing unhappiness

   "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series

   Synonyms:
   distressed, infelicitous, dysphoric

   Antonyms:
   bright, blissful, halcyon, happy, riant, fortunate, blessed, golden, laughing(a), prosperous, pleasant

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1. unmirthful

   not mirthful or happy, by adding the prefix "un" it becomes synonym for unhappy.

   i had been unmirthful in the past, because of my depression, but now i'm perfectly fine and therefore much more mirthful than i used to be.

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

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1. unhappyadjective

   Synonyms:
   wretched, miserable, distressed, afflicted

2. unhappyadjective

   Synonyms:
   grievous, disastrous, calamitous, sore, severe, hard, trying, painful, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, sad, afflicting, afflictive, distressing, deplorable, dire

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1. unhappyadjective

   Synonyms:
   infelicitous, unfortunate, miserable, wretched, sad, sorrowful, disconsolate, woeful, distressed, heart-sick, mournful, lugubrious, deplorable, calamitous, distressing, grievous, inauspicious, unpropitious, malign

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1. List of paraphrases for "unhappy":

   unfortunate, dissatisfied, miserable, sad, displeased, disgruntled, unappy, unpleasant, disaffected, unlucky, hapless, wretched, disappointed, discontented

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How to use unhappy in a sentence?

1. Marilyn Monroe:

   It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.

2. Umer Daudzai:

   Unfortunately, surveys show that a majority of our people are extremely unhappy and want a change in the current administration.

3. Kei Komuro:

   Mako and I would like to build a warm, nice family, happy times, unhappy times, we would like to be together, and we will be indispensable to each other.

4. Joo Won:

   We have one unhappy aging society that needs support both from the public and the government. Places like colatecs need to be nurtured.

5. Thornton Wilder:

   I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.