Definition for UN-HAP'PY

UN-HAP'PY, a.

  1. Unfortunate; unlucky. He has been unhappy in his choice of a partner. Affairs have taken an unhappy turn.
  2. Not happy; in a degree miserable or wretched. She is unhappy in her marriage. Children sometimes render their parents unhappy.
  3. Evil; calamitous; marked by infelicity; as, an unhappy day. This unhappy morn. Milton.
  4. Mischievous; irregular. Shak.

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