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unhappy
What does unhappy mean?
unhappy (adjective): experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use unhappy in a sentence?
- After the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Unhappy over her departure. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce unhappy?
/ənˈhæpi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does unhappy come from?
From Middle English unhappy; equivalent to un- + happy.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of unhappy?
Words related to unhappy
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “unhappy” mean?
moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)
Not quite: that's what mobile means.
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
Right! That's what “unhappy” means.
moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid; light
Not quite: that's what fast means.
being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched
Not quite: that's what unique means.
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