Unhappiness Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Unhappiness

blues
A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale.
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wretched
Characterized by or attended with misery or woe:
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unhappy
Not lucky; unlucky.
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despondency
Despondency is defined as a state of feeling hopeless or dejected.
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distress
The definition of distress is suffering or pain, or a state of being in trouble.
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sorrow
A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune:
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misery
A cause or source of suffering:
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worry
An instance or cause of such a feeling.
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misfortune
Bad luck; ill fortune; trouble; adversity
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sadness
(Uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
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dejection
Evacuation of the intestinal tract; defecation.
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despondence
The state of being downcast or despondent.
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doldrums
A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors
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alienated
Alienated is defined as someone who feels emotionally isolated or unloved.
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anhedonic
Showing anhedonia
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disconsolate
The definition of disconsolate is someone who cannot be comforted, or is a place or thing that offers no comforts.
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disgruntled
The definition of disgruntled is someone unhappy, dissatisfied or angry.
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dismayed
Having the emotion of dismay.
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dysphoric
Pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria
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estranged
Living apart because no longer in a loving or amicable relationship
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infelicitous
Not felicitous; unfortunate or unsuitable
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mournful
Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
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unfortunate
Having bad luck; unlucky.
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anhedonia
A psychological condition marked by an inability to experience pleasure
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dysphoria
An emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression, or unease.
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heartache
Sorrow or grief; mental anguish
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infelicity
The quality or condition of being infelicitous
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bemoan
To complain about; to be dismayed or worried about something
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lament
To express grief for or about; mourn:
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repine
To yearn after something:
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rue
To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
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melancholy
Lamentable; deplorable
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dolefulness
The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
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downheartedness
The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
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dumps
Plural form of dump
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funk
A state of severe depression.
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gloom
Gloom is defined as darkness or a dark and gloomy place, or it is defined as a state of being depressed and in a bad mood.
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glumness
The emotion of being glum.
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heavy-heartedness
A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits
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mope
A dull, spiritless person.
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mournfulness
The property of being mournful.
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inept
Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence
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dolor
A unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.
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Antonyms for Unhappiness

happiness
The definition of happiness is the state of joy, peace and tranquility.
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Words Related to Unhappiness

depression
A mood disorder characterized usually by anhedonia, extreme sadness, poor concentration, sleep problems, loss of appetite, and feelings of guilt, helplessness, and hopelessness.
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grief
A source or cause of deep mental anguish:
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feelings
Plural form of feeling
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happy
A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits
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unease
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anguish
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Unhappiness Sentence Examples

  • She was at that height of bliss when one becomes completely kind and good and does not believe in the possibility of evil, unhappiness, or sorrow.

  • She was annoyed because she feared it would lead to unhappiness.

  • Everyone experiences feelings of unhappiness and sadness occasionally.

  • This is still the root cause of all the unhappiness in the world today.

  • If her answer had been no, he would have again put her in a position where she would be to blame for Jonathan's state of unhappiness.

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