Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-HAP'PY
UN-HAP'PY, a.
- Unfortunate; unlucky. He has been unhappy in his choice of a partner. Affairs have taken an unhappy turn.
- Not happy; in a degree miserable or wretched. She is unhappy in her marriage. Children sometimes render their parents unhappy.
- Evil; calamitous; marked by infelicity; as, an unhappy day. This unhappy morn. Milton.
- Mischievous; irregular. Shak.
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