unhappy

unhappy is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.
2. adjective. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.
3. adjective. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day.
4. adjective. Mischievous; wanton; wicked.
5. adjective. generalized feeling of distress

   Synonyms: distressed, dysphoric

6. adjective. marked by or producing unhappiness- American Guide Series

   "infelicitous circumstances"

   "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"

   Synonyms: infelicitous

7. adjective. experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

   "unhappy over her departure"

   "unhappy with her raise"

8. adjective. causing discomfort

   "the unhappy truth"

Synonyms

distressed, dysphoric, infelicitous

Common word forms

unhappier, unhappily, unhappiest

Words from these letters

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