unhappy
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,466 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,548 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent unhappy over her departureunhappy with her raise
- generalized feeling of distress also: dysphoric, distressed
- causing discomfort the unhappy truth
- marked by or producing unhappiness also: infelicitous infelicitous circumstancesunhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes
unhappy in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The sight made him unhappy, and his unhappiness roused his latent fears.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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I shall be very unhappy, of course, but I shall never alter my mind.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Unhappy!--he, a man, who has liberty and strength, who may undertake every thing, attempt any thing, dare any thing.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He cries, “Unhappy man, you have roasted one side, turn the other and then eat, for it is sufficiently cooked.”
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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He would rather stay at home and be unhappy all by himself, he said, and so they gladly let him stay.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1