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adjective

Unhappy adj.

Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.

Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day. "The unhappy morn."

Mischievous; wanton; wicked. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unhappy" Quotes from Famous Books

... to go toward Hungary!" he said bitterly. "Why did you not hear me, unhappy children? why did you not take my word?" and he wept over his enemies' heads as if he had been ...

— The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales • Various

... guessed too, that there was some mystery attached to my friend's home. But I had never thought of this. No wonder now, when other boys had tormented him and called him "gaol-bird," he had flared up with unwonted fire. No wonder he had always shrunk from any reference to that unhappy home. But why had he told me all about it now? I could almost guess the reason. For the last month or two he had been back at the nearest approach to a home that he possessed, at his old nurse's cottage at Packworth, with her and his sister. And now, leaving them, and coming back ...

— My Friend Smith - A Story of School and City Life • Talbot Baines Reed

... love is like the trader's warmth— O'er with the purchase. Oh, unhappy lives— Our gifts which go for yours! Once we were strong. Once all this mighty continent was ours, And the Great Spirit made it for our use. He knew no boundaries, so had we peace In the vast ...

— Tecumseh: A Drama • Charles Mair

... be as glad as any one to see you two friends again: but if you seem too eager about it, I fancy you would only be demeaning yourself, and giving him a fresh chance of repulsing you. My advice as a friend is, wait a bit. As long as he sees you unhappy about it he will have a crow over you. Let him see you aren't so greatly afflicted, and then, take my word for it, he'll come a good deal more than half ...

— My Friend Smith - A Story of School and City Life • Talbot Baines Reed

... (1734-1808); eldest daughter of second Duke of Marlborough; sister to Lady Pembroke. She was celebrated for her high character, beauty, and accomplishments. Two days after her unhappy marriage with Lord Bolingbroke was dissolved she married ...

— George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life • E. S. Roscoe and Helen Clergue

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