unhappy

Other forms of unhappy

comparative or superlative

unhappier

comparative or superlative

unhappiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unhappy

What does unhappy mean?

unhappy means "experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unhappy?

unhappy has 3 syllables: un-hap-py. The stress falls on "hap". In IPA it is /ənˈhæpi/.

What is another word for unhappy?

Close synonyms include dysphoric, distressed, infelicitous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unhappy?

The recorded antonyms are happy.

Is unhappy a common word?

unhappy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unhappy?

2 words rhyme with unhappy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.