unhappy

  • (a) 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
  • (a) generalized feeling of distress dysphoric, distressed,
  • (s) causing discomfort
    • the unhappy truth
  • (s) marked by or producing unhappiness
    • infelicitous circumstances
    • "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series
    infelicitous,

Synonyms

dysphoric distressed infelicitous

Antonyms

happy euphoric

See also

dejected discontent discontented dysphoric distressed infelicitous joyless sad sorrowful cheerless depressing uncheerful

Words of close approximity