The meaning of Unhappy

adjective

Preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable.

Usage examples:

Taxes are having an adverse effect on production

adjective

Going against something, or causing harm

Usage examples:

Her policies may have adverse effects on the economy.

adjective

Harmful or likely to cause problems

Usage examples:

A chain reaction of adverse events in the financial markets has put lenders under severe pressure.,…

verb

Have a severely detrimental effect on.

Usage examples:

The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians

noun

A plant disease, typically one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts.

Usage examples:

The vines suffered blight and disease

noun

A thing that spoils or damages something.

Usage examples:

The vacant properties are a blight on the neighbourhood

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day.

Usage examples:

The clear blue sky

noun

Blue colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

She was dressed in blue

verb

A person who has represented cambridge university (a cambridge blue ) or oxford university (an oxford blue ) at a particular sport in a match between the two universities.

Usage examples:

A flyweight boxing blue

adjective

Extremely unhappy about the failure or end of something

adjective

Sad and disappointed.

Usage examples:

He came back empty-handed and crestfallen

adjective

Sad and depressed; dispirited.

Usage examples:

He stood in the street looking dejected

verb

Make sad or dispirited; depress.

Usage examples:

Nothing dejects a trader like the interruption of his profits

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or lacking hope

Usage examples:

William felt dejected because he had sprained his ankle and had to sit out the game.

adjective

(of a person) in a state of unhappiness or despondency.

Usage examples:

She felt lonely and depressed

verb

Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.

Usage examples:

That first day at school depressed me

adjective

Feeling unhappy and without hope

Usage examples:

He’s depressed about losing his job., this is an economically depressed area.

adjective

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Usage examples:

She grew more and more despondent

adjective

Unhappy and discouraged because you feel you are in a situation that is unlikely to improve

Usage examples:

He grew increasingly despondent when his paintings failed to sell.

adjective

Involving or creating unfavourable circumstances that reduce the chances of success or effectiveness.

Usage examples:

The new employment scheme is disadvantageous to women

adjective

Causing problems, especially causing something or someone to be less successful than other things or people

Usage examples:

Disadvantageous to email can be disadvantageous to people who have stronger oral skills than writin…

adjective

Very unhappy and unable to be comforted.

Usage examples:

She left fritz looking disconsolate

adjective

Extremely sad and disappointed

Usage examples:

The players were disconsolate after losing what should have been an easy game.

adjective

Having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened.

Usage examples:

She was determined to appear unworried in front of her dispirited family

verb

Cause (someone) to lose enthusiasm or hope.

Usage examples:

The army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions

adjective

Not feeling hopeful about a situation or problem

Usage examples:

The poor are dispirited.

adjective

Likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome; ill-fated.

Usage examples:

The moving story of their doomed love affair

verb

Condemn to certain death or destruction.

Usage examples:

Fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed

adjective

Certain to fail, die, or be destroyed

Usage examples:

This is a doomed city.

adverb

Towards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface.

Usage examples:

She looked down

preposition

From a higher to a lower point of (something).

Usage examples:

Up and down the stairs

adjective

Directed or moving towards a lower place or position.

Usage examples:

The down escalator

adjective

(of a person's eyes) looking downwards.

Usage examples:

Her modestly downcast eyes

noun

A shaft dug in a mine for extra ventilation.

Usage examples:

The probable explanation is, that the return air was leaking across into the downcast shaft at vari…

adjective

Looking down, usually because of being shy or sad

adjective

Discouraged; in low spirits.

Usage examples:

Fans must not be downhearted even though we lost

adjective

Unhappy, esp. because of failure or because you are disappointed

abbreviation

Gas.

symbol

The acceleration due to gravity, equal to 9.81 m/s2.

noun

The seventh letter of the alphabet.

adjective

(especially of a person) unfortunate.

Usage examples:

The hapless victims of the disaster

adjective

Unlucky

Usage examples:

Hapless victims of the earthquake

adjective

Suffering from overwhelming distress.

Usage examples:

He was heartbroken at the thought of leaving the house

adjective

Feeling very sad or disappointed

Usage examples:

Alexis was heartbroken when she was dropped from the team.

adjective

Feeling great sadness

Usage examples:

The townspeople were heavy-hearted after the fire that destroyed a beloved family restaurant., heav…

adjective

Unlucky or certain to experience failure that cannot be avoided

adjective

→  ill-fated

adjective

→  ill-fated

verb

Bring bad luck to; cast an evil spell on.

Usage examples:

The play is jinxed

noun

A person or thing that brings bad luck.

Usage examples:

One was never to wish luck to someone going hunting or fishing, as it was seen as a jinx

exclamation

Said when two people inadvertently say the same thing at once.

Usage examples:

‘what's happened?’ we both say at exactly the same time. ‘jinx!’

adjective

Having bad luck; unfortunate.

Usage examples:

An osprey seized the luckless fish with its talons

adjective

Used to describe someone who has a lot of bad luck

Usage examples:

The luckless defender, mark emery, sustained his third injury of the season.

noun

A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

Usage examples:

An air of melancholy surrounded him

adjective

Having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive.

Usage examples:

She felt a little melancholy

adjective

Feeling or expressing sadness

Usage examples:

A melancholy song, larry is in a very melancholy mood.

adjective

(of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.

Usage examples:

Their happiness made anne feel even more miserable

adjective

Very unhappy, or causing much unhappiness

Usage examples:

They can make your life miserable if they want to., the forecast is for miserable weather today.

adjective

Sullen and ill-tempered.

Usage examples:

She was morose and silent when she got home

adjective

Unhappy or annoyed and unwilling to speak, smile, or be pleasant to people

Usage examples:

Michael became morose and withdrawn after he lost his job.

adjective

Feeling or showing regret.

Usage examples:

He sounded regretful but pointed out that he had committed himself

adjective

Feeling or expressing sadness or disappointment

Usage examples:

A regretful sigh, "we never spoke of it," anne regretfully acknowledged.

adjective

Feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy.

Usage examples:

I was sad and subdued

adjective

(of dough) heavy through having failed to rise.

abbreviation

Seasonal affective disorder.

adjective

Feeling or showing grief.

Usage examples:

She looked at him with sorrowful eyes

adjective

Very sad

Usage examples:

With a sorrowful sigh she folded the letter and put it away.

adjective

Unlucky

Usage examples:

Star-crossed lovers

adjective

Having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky.

Usage examples:

There'd been an unfortunate accident

noun

A person who suffers bad fortune.

Usage examples:

Those unfortunates whose lives are marred by poverty

adjective

Having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck.

Usage examples:

An unlucky defeat

adjective

Having or bringing bad luck

Usage examples:

For the unlucky people who get the flu, the health department advises: stay home!

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…