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What is the adjective for unhappy?

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unhappy
  1. Not happy; sad.
  2. Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
  3. (chiefly dated) Not lucky; unlucky.
  4. (chiefly dated) Not suitable; unsuitable.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. sad, miserable, dejected, down, depressed, despondent, downcast, gloomy, sorrowful, disconsolate, mournful, crestfallen, dispirited, blue, downhearted, heartbroken, melancholy, doleful, forlorn, glum, low, melancholic, inconsolable, joyless, morose, regretful, saddened, woebegone, woeful, cheerless, despairing, downbeat, troubled, brokenhearted, grumpy, heartsick, heartsore, heavyhearted, lachrymose, tearful, teary, dragged, dreary, droopy, grim, hangdog, mirthless, sorry, wretched, bleak … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “To say I was unhappy when I failed my exam would be an understatement.”
      “I'm very unhappy about the service and will be lodging a formal complaint.”
      “Ted would meet with an unhappy incident involving his zipper while visiting Mary.”
unhappied
  1. (obsolete) Made unhappy.
unhappier
  1. comparative form of unhappy: more unhappy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sadder, miserabler, gloomier, mournfuller, dolefuler, forlorner, glummer, lower, moroser, woefuller, grumpier, tearier, drearier, droopier, grimmer, sorrier, wretcheder, bleaker, more dejected, more depressed, more despondent, more downcast, more sorrowful, more disconsolate, more crestfallen, more dispirited, more blue, more heartbroken, more melancholy, more melancholic, more inconsolable, more joyless, more regretful, more woebegone, more cheerless, more downbeat, more troubled, more brokenhearted, more heartsick, more heartsore, more lachrymose, more tearful, more mirthless, more dismal, more heavy-hearted, more low-spirited, more fed up, more bummed out, more down in the dumps, more down in the mouth … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I've never been unhappier than when I was chained to a terminal for nine hours a day.”
      “But amidst the mastication of his third or fourth mouthful, Paul felt his unhappy stomach take a still unhappier turn.”
      “It doesn't really matter how materially privileged they are, they are still miserable and we connive at making them even unhappier.”
unhappiest
  1. superlative form of unhappy: most unhappy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. saddest, miserablest, gloomiest, mournfullest, dolefulest, forlornest, glummest, lowest, morosest, woefullest, grumpiest, teariest, dreariest, droopiest, grimmest, sorriest, wretchedest, bleakest, most dejected, most depressed, most despondent, most downcast, most sorrowful, most disconsolate, most crestfallen, most dispirited, most blue, most heartbroken, most melancholy, most melancholic, most inconsolable, most joyless, most regretful, most woebegone, most cheerless, most downbeat, most troubled, most brokenhearted, most heartsick, most heartsore, most lachrymose, most tearful, most mirthless, most dismal, most heavy-hearted, most low-spirited, most fed up, most bummed out, most down in the dumps, most down in the mouth … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “From infant mortality to life below the poverty line, the country's unhappiest trendlines run remorselessly upwards.”
      “When I say I was guided by her, what I mean is that there were certain parts of A Scattering that show Lucinda at her weakest and unhappiest.”
      “However, she skates over the unhappiest episode in her subject's life: a bunch of poems written in 1950 which implicitly praised Stalin.”
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