unhappy
adjective
1. 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
Similar word(s): cheerless, depressing, uncheerful, discontent, discontented, dejected, distressed, dysphoric, unhappy, infelicitous, lovesick, miserable, suffering, wretched, sad, sorrowful, joyless
2. generalized feeling of distress
Similar word(s): dejected, unhappy, distressed, dysphoric
3. causing discomfort
- the unhappy truth
Similar word(s): unpleasant
4. marked by or producing unhappiness
- unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes
Similar word(s): unfortunate, infelicitous