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Meaning of unhappy

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  unhappy
      adj 1: experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or
             discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with
             her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an
             unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the
             unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad" [ant: {happy}]
      2: generalized feeling of distress [syn: {dysphoric},
         {distressed}, {unhappy}] [ant: {euphoric}]
      3: causing discomfort; "the unhappy truth"
      4: marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous
         circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through
         swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series [syn:
         {infelicitous}, {unhappy}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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