unhappy
adjectives
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"
is similar to
very unhappy; full of misery
"he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
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causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
"the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"
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showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing
"saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position"
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not appropriate in application; defective
"an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy"
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experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
"feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
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experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
"sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
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not experiencing or inspiring joy
"a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"
causing discomfort
"the unhappy truth"
is similar to
disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
"an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
marked by or producing unhappiness
"infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series
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