English noun: unhappiness |
1. | unhappiness (feeling) emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
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| Synonyms | sadness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | feeling |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cheerlessness, dejectedness, depression, desolation, dispiritedness, dolefulness, downheartedness, forlornness, heaviness, loneliness, low-spiritedness, lowness, melancholy, misery, regret, rue, ruefulness, sorrow, sorrow, tearfulness, uncheerfulness, weepiness |
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| Antonyms | happiness |
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2. | unhappiness (state) state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief |
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| Broader (hypernym) | emotional state, spirit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | embitterment, sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness |
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| Antonyms | happiness, felicity |
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