transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnhæpi ]
( unhappier, unhappiest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are unhappy , you are sad and depressed.
Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy...
He was a shy, sometimes unhappy man...
= miserable
≠ happy
ADJ
• un‧hap‧pi‧ly
‘I don’t have your imagination,’ King said unhappily.
...an unhappily married woman.
ADV : usu ADV with v
• un‧hap‧pi‧ness
There was a lot of unhappiness in my adolescence.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you are unhappy about something, you are not pleased about it or not satisfied with it.
He has been unhappy with his son’s political leanings...
I suspect he isn’t altogether unhappy about my absence...
A lot of Republicans are unhappy that the government isn’t doing more.
ADJ : v-link ADJ , oft ADJ about/at n / -ing , ADJ that
• un‧hap‧pi‧ness
He has, by submitting his resignation, signalled his unhappiness with the government’s decision.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N with/about n , N that
3.
An unhappy situation or choice is not satisfactory or desirable.
...this unhappy chapter in the history of relations between our two countries...
...unhappy experiences of writing for television.
ADJ : ADJ n