unhappy

unhappy
unhappily, adv.unhappiness, n.
/un hap"ee/, adj., unhappier, unhappiest.
1. sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
2. unfortunate; unlucky: an unhappy incident.
3. unfavorable; inauspicious: an unhappy omen.
4. infelicitous; unsuitable: an unhappy choice of words.
5. Archaic. causing trouble; reprehensible; troublesome.
[1250-1300; ME: causing misfortune, objectionable; see UN-1, HAPPY]
Syn. 1. sorrowful, downcast, cheerless, distressed. 2. hapless. 3. unpropitious. 4. inappropriate, inapt.

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