unhappiness

English

Etymology

From unhappy +‎ -ness or un- +‎ happiness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

unhappiness (countable and uncountable, plural unhappinesses)

1. The feeling of not being happy.

   Synonyms: melancholy, misery; see also Thesaurus:sadness

   • 2011 July 15, Cary L Cooper, Stephen Wood, “Happiness at work: why it counts”, in The Guardian‎:

     While there may be some truth in the Anna Karenina principle that all happy families are alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, we increasingly have a better understanding of what makes for unhappiness and stress in the workplace.

Translations

feeling of not being happy

Bulgarian: нещастие (bg) n (neštastie) Czech: neštěstí (cs) n Dutch: ongelukkigheid Esperanto: malfeliĉo, malfeliĉeco Finnish: ilottomuus (fi) French: tristesse (fr) f, malheur (fr) German: Traurigkeit (de) f, Unglück (de) n Greek: δυστυχία (el) f (dystychía) Ido: desfeliceso (io) Irish: anaoibhneas m Japanese: 不幸 (ja) (fukō) Polish: nieszczęście (pl) n Portuguese: infelicidade (pt) f Romanian: nefericire (ro) f Russian: несча́стье (ru) n (nesčástʹje) Slovak: nešťastie, trápenie Spanish: infelicidad (es) Swedish: olycka (sv) c Turkish: mutsuzluk (tr) Welsh: anhapusrwydd (cy)