Antonyms for happy

Antonyms for (adj) happy

Main entry: happy

Definition: enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

Usage: a happy smile; spent many happy days on the beach; a happy marriage

Antonyms: unhappy

Definition: experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent


Antonyms: dull

Definition: emitting or reflecting very little light


Antonyms: cursed, curst

Definition: deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier


Main entry: happy, glad

Definition: eagerly disposed to act or to be of service

Usage: glad to help

Antonyms: unwilling

Definition: not disposed or inclined toward


Main entry: felicitous, happy

Definition: marked by good fortune

Usage: a felicitous life; a happy outcome

Antonyms: unfortunate

Definition: not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune


Main entry: happy, well-chosen

Definition: well expressed and to the point

Usage: a happy turn of phrase; a few well-chosen words

Antonyms: infelicitous

Definition: not appropriate in application; defective


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