Dictionary entry

Unhappy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Un‐hap″py (?), a. 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

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

3. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day. “The unhappy morn.” Milton.

4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. Shak.

— Un‐hap″pi‐ly (#), adv. — Un‐hap″pi‐ness, n.