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unhappy
adjective as in sad
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bleak, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, destroyed, disconsolate, discouraged, dismal, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, down and out, down in the mouth, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, dragged, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grim, heavy-hearted, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, let-down, long-faced, low, melancholy, mirthless, mournful, saddened, sorrowful, teary
adjective as in unfortunate, unlucky
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afflicted, cursed, hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, misfortunate, unsuccessful, untoward, wretched
Example Sentences
But many participants are unhappy that they didn't get anything close to what they wanted.
“If you’re that unhappy, it’s time to take action,” he says.
Penelope could have made a lesson out of it, for Shakespeare had described a similarly unhappy swap in his tragic play Hamlet.
“Well, you sound pretty unhappy yourself, miss,” he retorted, and went on with his ringing.
Beowulf, too, looked unhappy, and began to chew on the strap of his pith helmet.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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