- Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs
have taken an unhappy turn. - In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad;
sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct. - Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy
day. - Mischievous; wanton; wicked.
Meaning of 'unhappy' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . unhappy
[ a]
Meaning (1): - experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
Example in sentence:
after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence;
had an unhappy time at school;
he looks so sad;
the unhappy (or sad) news;
unhappy over her departure;
unhappy with her raise
2 . unhappy
[ s]
Meaning (2): - marked by or producing unhappiness
Example in sentence:
infelicitous circumstances;
unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes