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单词 unhappiness
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unhappyun‧hap‧py /ʌnˈhæpi/ ●●● S3 adjective (comparative unhappier, superlative unhappiest) Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • an unhappy love affair
  • Arlene has had an unhappy life.
  • Her parents' divorce left her feeling confused and unhappy
  • I felt so unhappy about what he had said that I just sat down and cried.
  • Looking at that photo always bring back unhappy memories.
  • Neil was very unhappy at school.
  • Phil was married for three unhappy years.
  • She was desperately unhappy after Sean left her.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And the unhappy customer base stayed loyal in enormous numbers so that the company is now reaping the benefit.
  • Compassionate capitalists know that all this talk of love is humbug and poppycock when people are hungry, homeless, and unhappy.
  • Enemas and suppositories may be of use but habitual use of these can create an unhappy and strained parent-child relationship.
  • Her husband was apparently a heavy drinker, and their marriage was deeply unhappy.
  • It was an unhappy coincidence that she had appeared from the direction of Midway.
  • Sefton Hamilton entered the room as a gale might hit an unhappy seaside town.
  • Williams is unhappy because his father was a tough, unlovable brute whom he couldn't help loving.
  • Yet there was communication, albeit of an unhappy quality.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
not happy: · She felt sad as she waved goodbye.· a sad and lonely figure· a sad face· a sad film
sad, especially for a long time – used about people and periods of time: · I was unhappy at school.· an unhappy childhood· He’s obviously a deeply unhappy person.
[not before noun] sad because you are away from your home, family, and friends: · She sometimes felt homesick when she first arrived in Japan.
[not before noun] informal feeling sad for a few hours or days, often for no reason: · Whenever I’m feeling down, I go out and buy myself some new clothes.· She’s been kind of down since that argument with Jack.
looking or sounding sad and without hope – used about people, places, and weather: · Why are you all looking so gloomy?· the gloomy immigration office· a gloomy afternoon in February
looking sad and disappointed because something you hoped for did not happen: · ‘I didn’t pass,’ he said, looking dejected.· a downcast expression· He was understandably downcast after the team’s loss.
especially literary looking or sounding sad: · the dog’s big mournful eyes· the mournful sound of the church bell· a mournful expression
looking sad and disappointed: · Don’t look so glum! Maybe you’ll win next time.· They sat in glum silence.
especially literary looking a little sad and thoughtful, because you wish that the situation was different: · She looked at him with a wistful smile.
Longman Language Activatorto make someone feel sad
· Something at school was making her unhappy, but she didn't want to talk about it.it makes somebody sad/unhappy to do something · It made me sad to see her looking so old and ill.
to make someone feel sad and want to cry: · I'm sorry if I upset you - I didn't mean to.· The idea of having to change school seemed to upset him more than we thought it would.it upsets somebody to do something: · Her father died when she was ten, and it still upsets her to think about it.
if a situation or event saddens someone, it makes them feel sad, especially because they think that this type of situation or event should not happen: · Everyone was saddened by the news that housing is to be built on the fields beside Cliff Lane.· Those of us who knew him are shocked and saddened by his death.it saddens somebody to do something: · Sometimes it saddened him to think that he was no longer young.it saddens somebody that : · It saddens me that there are people who go around vandalizing public places like this.
to make someone feel very sad or unhappy, especially so that they feel that only bad things happen and they cannot change the situation: · Listening to the news can really depress you, if you let it.· Shaun decided to leave. The way the others were behaving was beginning to depress him.it depresses somebody to do something: · It depressed me to think that five years ago I was earning more than I do now.
informal to gradually make someone feel unhappy and tired over a period of time: · The endless rain was beginning to get him down.· You can tell me if there's anything that's worrying you or getting you down.
to make someone very sad and upset, especially because a relationship has ended or because they are very disappointed: · When Annie left him, it broke his heart.it breaks somebody's heart (that): · It breaks my heart that his career has been ruined.it breaks somebody's heart to do something: · It would break her heart to leave the lovely old stone house where she'd lived for so long.
spoken if something is a downer , it makes you feel unhappy, especially because it is not good or successful: · I thought the movie was going to be a total downer, but it wasn't.on a downer: · The home team concluded its season on a big downer with a 2- 0 defeat.
to make someone feel very unhappy and without hope - use this especially when a bad situation is continuing and they cannot see how to change it: · There were times when the endless arguments drove him to despair.· By the time I was 17, the atmosphere at the school was driving me to despair.
making you feel sad
use this about a story, piece of music, period of time etc that makes you feel sad: sad time/day/moment/occasion etc: · The day her son left home was one of the saddest days of her life.sad news/story/song etc: · Fairuz sang a sad song that made us all feel homesick.· I don't like movies with sad endings.it is sad that: · It's very sad that she died before her children grew up.
: unhappy childhood/marriage/year etc a time when you are unhappy because you are in a difficult or unpleasant situation: · Phil was married for three unhappy years.· Looking at that photo always bring back unhappy memories.· an unhappy love affair
a depressing experience, story, piece of news etc makes you feel that there is nothing to be happy about and not much hope for the future: · The Deerhunter was a very depressing movie about Vietnam.· It's such a depressing town - it's full of ugly, disused factories.· Listening to the news can be really depressing, when all you ever hear about is violence and crime.
an upsetting experience or event makes you feel very sad and often shocked: · Seeing her lying there in a hospital bed was a very upsetting experience.· She can't talk about her son's death - she finds it too upsetting.it is upsetting to find/know/learn etc something: · It's very upsetting to arrive home and find that your house has been burgled.
a time that is miserable is one when you are extremely unhappy because you are in a very unpleasant situation: · Factory workers during the 18th century led miserable lives.· The journey home was miserable. Everyone was depressed about losing the game.
a story, event, piece of news etc that is heartbreaking makes you feel extremely sad and sorry or extremely disappointed: · It's a heartbreaking moment when a great sportsman finally decides that it's time to quit.· The decision to kill the infected animals was a heart-rending one for farmers.it is heartbreaking to see/learn etc something: · Having worked so hard to start the business, it would be heartbreaking to see it all collapse.
a dismal place, situation, or time makes you feel unhappy and not at all hopeful: · It was a grey, dismal November afternoon.· Melinda joined her husband in Moscow, but soon found life there bleak and dismal.· The profit margin on hardware sales for the first quarter was a dismal 29%.
a place, activity, or time that is dreary is not at all interesting or enjoyable and makes you feel unhappy: · This room is so dreary. How can we brighten it up?· a dreary winter's day· Cooking for one person can be a dreary business, as many elderly people find.
a place or situation that is bleak is one in which there is nothing to make you feel cheerful or hopeful about the future: · The wild landscape was bleak and bare.· He gazed around the empty, bleak little room in despair.· Many people were facing a financially bleak Christmas.· The chief executive said that the company was looking at a bleak future.the outlook/prospect/future etc is bleak : · Prospects of success looked bleak as the opposition scored the first two goals.
feeling sad or unhappy
not happy, especially because a happy time has ended, or because you feel sorry about someone else's unhappiness: · She felt sad as she waved goodbye.· Don't look so sad! It won't be long until the next holidays.· There was such a sad look in her eyes.sad to see/hear/learn etc: · We were very sad to hear about Mrs Humphrey's death.sad to do something: · I was glad to be going home, but sad to leave all my friends.sad about: · It's natural to feel sad about it when your children finally leave home.
not happy, because you are in a situation, job, or relationship that you do not enjoy at all, and it seems likely to continue: · Neil was very unhappy at school.· Her parents' divorce left her feeling confused and unhappydesperately/deeply unhappy (=very unhappy): · She was desperately unhappy after Sean left her.unhappy about: · I felt so unhappy about what he had said that I just sat down and cried.
unhappy because something unpleasant or disappointing has happened, so that you feel shocked or you want to cry: · Don't be upset. I'm sure she didn't mean to be unkind.· The children were very upset when we told them that we wouldn't be going to Disneyland.get upset: · We'd better not tell Mum about what's happened. She'll only get upset.upset about: · Liz is very upset about her uncle's death.upset that: · "What's the matter with Rod?" "I think he's still upset that we forgot his birthday."
extremely unhappy, because of the situation you are in, especially because you are lonely, hungry, cold etc: · He sat all alone in his room, thoroughly miserable.· The poor miserable animals were starving, dirty and wet.· All the staff seemed to look miserable and the atmosphere was not at all pleasant.
unhappy because you are away from your home, your family, and your friends, and you wish you were back there: · My sister was very homesick when she first went to college.· They were both gazing out of the window like a couple of homesick kids.· Most people get homesick the first time they leave home.homesick for: · Sampras confessed that he was homesick for America after five weeks in Europe.
sad and disappointed because something you hoped for did not happen - use this especially when this is shown in the way that someone looks, sounds etc: · He looked utterly dejected when she told him he'd failed again.· Greg sounded dejected. "Anything wrong?" I said.· One glance at the doctor's dejected expression answered my question.· Kirkwood was a particularly dejected figure after their defeat.
sad or disappointed because of a situation or because something you hoped for did not happen: · Jamie seems very downcast at the moment. He misses Jenny terribly.· "You mustn't be downcast" he said. "You can always try again."· The photograph of her sitting on her own made her look lonely and downcast.
informal sad because something slightly bad has happened or you do not have much hope for the future: · Don't look so glum! Things aren't as bad as all that.· Monday morning? Feeling glum ?· Sorry to be gloomy. I've had a bit of a bad day.· The doctor was a tall gloomy Scotsman.· The glum expression on the England manager's face said it all.· Why are you in such a gloomy mood?
someone who looks wistful has a slightly sad and thoughtful expression on their face, especially because they are thinking about the past or want something they cannot have: · Simon's face grew wistful as he thought about his happy student days.· She looked at them with a wistful smile. "I wish I could go with you.''
looking or sounding very sad, as if something very bad has happened: · His voice sounded so mournful that tears came into her eyes.· I could hear the slow, mournful music of the bagpipes.· The dog lay at his feet, looking up from time to time with big mournful eyes.
a sad feeling
a sad feeling, caused especially when a happy time is ending, or when you feel sorry about someone else's unhappiness: · Her eyes were full of sadness.with (great) sadness: · I remembered with great sadness all the friends I had left behind.sense of sadness: · After her death, Charles felt a great sense of sadness and loss.
the unhappy feeling you have when you are in a very difficult or unpleasant situation: · After years of unhappiness, she finally decided to leave him.· There is no doubt that unhappiness contributes to ill health.· You've no idea what unhappiness you cause your parents when you say that you want to leave home.
especially written great sadness that you feel when someone you love has died: · Thousands of people sent floral tributes as an expression of their grief.· He was overcome with grief when his wife died.
a mental illness that makes someone feel so unhappy that they have no energy or hope for the future, and they cannot live a normal life: · The family had a history of alcoholism and depression.· Mild symptoms of anxiety and depression are often associated with social difficulties.deep/severe depression: · My father had suffered from severe depression for many years.
a feeling of sadness that is not very serious, that you get sometimes for no particular reason: get/have the blues: · I often get the blues in February, before the spring arrives.a fit of the blues: · It's very common for new mothers to have a fit of the blues after giving birth.the Monday/post-Christmas etc blues: · Most people know what it's like to have the Monday morning blues.
great unhappiness, caused especially by living or working in very bad conditions: · The high interest rates caused misery for millions of people.the misery of something/somebody: · He talked openly about the misery of his marriage.· We cannot ignore the misery of the people in this country who are forced to live on the streets.
written a feeling of sadness, especially one that continues for a long time: · He was a strange man, prone to melancholy and bouts of drinking.· Jake was fourteen and suffering from adolescent melancholy.
written the feeling of being very sad, especially because someone has died or because terrible things have happened to you: · deep/great sorrow: · The deep sorrow she felt was obvious in the expression of her face.in sorrow: · He turned quickly away, more in sorrow than in anger.to somebody's sorrow: · Six weeks later we heard, to our great sorrow, that he had died.
a feeling of unhappiness and worry, that often continues for a long time and is usually caused by problems in your personal life and relationships: · Her relationship with Tyler had brought her a great deal of heartache.· Being unpopular at school can cause real heartache to children of any age.save/spare (somebody) a lot of heartache (=stop someone worrying and feeling unhappy): · If she had simply called them, her parents would have been spared a lot of heartache.
formal a feeling of unhappiness, especially because you have been very disappointed and feel that you cannot change a situation: · Robyn walked away from the hospital with a feeling of despondency.· The sense of well-being of the 1980s was replaced by a mood of despondency.gloom/doom and despondency: · The atmosphere amongst the workers was one of gloom and despondency.
a feeling of great unhappiness, because very bad things have happened and you have no hope that anything will change: · I could see hunger, exhaustion and despair in their eyes.· There was a mood of despair about the quality of urban and industrial life.in despair: · Left all alone in her room, she was in despair.the depths of despair: · It seems that he had reached the depths of despair, and he finally took his own life.
not satisfied
also dissatisfied formal the way you feel when something is not as good as you want or expect it to be: · We've offered to install brand new machines free of charge, but the company is still not satisfied.· The store issues refunds to dissatisfied customers.not satisfied with: · The teacher told James she wasn't satisfied with his work.· Employees of the company are increasingly dissatisfied with their jobs.not fully satisfied: · If you are not fully satisfied with this product, your money will be refunded.deeply dissatisfied (=very dissatisfied): · Most rail-users were deeply dissatisfied with the sort of service they were getting.
to feel annoyed and disappointed with something, because it has not been done well enough or you have not achieved what you wanted: not be happy/be unhappy about: · If you decide you're not happy about the way the dress fits, we'll alter it for you.· Wilkins was unhappy about being left off the U.S. Olympic team.not be happy/be unhappy with: · Fans are not happy with the team's performance.· Employees were generally unhappy with their promotion prospects.
British informal to be unhappy because you do not like the situation that you are in and you wish it would change: · It rained every day of our holiday. We were thoroughly fed up.be fed up with: · I'm fed up with this job. It's so boring.· Tom's getting pretty fed up with married life. He never goes out any more.
formal not satisfied and a little annoyed about the way something has been done: · Sarah seemed displeased but did not say anything to me.· Bonner was displeased by Neeman's remarks.displeased about: · Several readers were displeased about the photos that accompanied the story.displeased with: · Singer was displeased with Barbra Streisand's adaptation of his story "Yentl."
also discontented formal not satisfied or happy because you want something better than what you have now: · Discontented workers joined the protests.not content with: · Farmers were discontented with economic reforms that did not improve their businesses.· Marshall was not content with the draft of the contract.
not satisfied and slightly angry, especially because you feel you have been treated badly or unfairly: · It was the second pay cut in two years, and employees were becoming disgruntled.· After long delays, disgruntled passengers were taken to a nearby hotel.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2verbs
· After a while I didn’t feel quite so unhappy.
· Both his parents looked very unhappy.
· Did Bill seem unhappy to you?
adverbs
· The Government was deeply unhappy about criticism from the press.
· It was the first time she had been away from home and she was desperately unhappy.
nouns
· Stevens had a unhappy childhood in Manchester.
· Her parents had had an unhappy marriage.
· Ruth tried to put these unhappy memories from her mind.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· Her parents divorced and her childhood was unhappy.
· I wish I'd had a happy childhood like yours.
(=a knack that you would not want)· He had the unhappy knack of making enemies.
· Ours was a very happy marriage.
· Many people have unhappy memories of being forced to play team sports.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Some patients and carers were also unhappy about what they saw as sub-optimal care or different services passing the buck.· People were also unhappy about relatives being moved to reservations some distance away.· I think he is proud, and also unhappy.· Meanwhile, customers were also unhappy Kodak was too slow, too late, and too error ridden.· Creditors are also unhappy about the way the business has ceased trading under one of its names.· They are also unhappy with the legislation for police reform, which they believe does not go far enough.
· Her husband was apparently a heavy drinker, and their marriage was deeply unhappy.· And his family is deeply unhappy and divided over political and social issues of the day.· Ian Gilmour and Peter Walker were deeply unhappy.· They are deeply unhappy about the fact that Chirac, as president, enjoys immunity.· Suddenly again it was a deeply unhappy time.· For over two long, deeply unhappy years, it had been a prison.· Charlie was heartbroken: Robert was deeply unhappy.· Clearly, he was surprised and deeply unhappy to see me.
· I was desperately unhappy, almost suicidal.· No hopeless lover of a living maiden was ever so desperately unhappy as Pygmallon.· Although in other poems Leapor shows that labouring class women can be desperately unhappy in marriage, she is not unequivocal.· He said she was desperately unhappy.· She sounds desperately unhappy, poor thing, and perhaps she should talk to a psychiatrist.· The fact was that Sir Herbert was a desperately unhappy man.· All of that I could understand, but it concerned me that she was so nervous and desperately unhappy.· Their relationship had become conflict-ridden to the point where each of them was desperately unhappy.
· Look how unhappy you've made her!· I was thinking how unhappy you looked.· You can imagine, Ellen, how unhappy I felt in that unpleasant house.· Her parents had had the sense to realise how unhappy she was, and had made alternative arrangements.
· Their faces got more and more unhappy.· The more she got, the more unhappy she became.· Two days passed and Angel's cries became more unhappy.· Experience with exotic plants and insects has been even more unhappy than with animal importations.· There were two more unhappy faces in the Opera House, too.· I doubt if anyone could have been much more unhappy than I was living with them at Maythorpe House.
· Gently, I said I wondered whether she had lost a child, whether that was why she was so unhappy.· Now let us talk about something else, if it makes you so unhappy!· She looked so unhappy, Jay didn't know what to do.· I was so unhappy but I had nowhere else to go so I stayed until the baby was born.· But why was her voice so unhappy?· Now I feel so unhappy and jealous when I see babies or pregnant women.
· After saving mankind, Re was still unhappy and felt weak and old.· It separated again in 1845, still unhappy with the federal government's control over its governor.· However, MEPs are still unhappy about the directive.· If you are still unhappy you can change to another practice.· But we are still unhappy to have lost our holiday for something that seemed out of our control.· Only if the client is still unhappy would he be directed to the Solicitors Complaints Bureau.· We've got the replacement council tax to come and many people are still unhappy.· If you are still unhappy contact the Service Dept at the Land Rover factory.
· But he looks very unhappy, too ... and afraid.· It is my great sorrow, and makes my life very unhappy.· Poor Julia and I had very unhappy lives.· When Oates first saw the ponies, in New Zealand, he was very unhappy.· I was very unhappy, because I saw then that I was on an island.· She was a very lovely but very unhappy woman.· Emily had only been away from home twice, and each time she had been very unhappy.· I was very unhappy, physically and psychologically ill.
NOUN
· There is also a multiplication effect created by unhappy children.
· They find that unhappy childhoods are behind many difficulties in later life.· She had an unhappy childhood in Weston-super-Mare, and was briefly sent to boarding-school in Devizes at the age of eight.· The debris of Franca's unhappy childhood had been swept away long ago.· Case example Jenny, a single girl aged 27, had experienced an unhappy childhood.
· They consider that you can only move on from an unhappy experience if you have given it some meaning.· The thought of returning to the merchant world, even after this unhappy experience, was less than welcome.· There are those who have reservations about the value of choirs or other groups in worship, perhaps because of unhappy experience.
· The fact was that Sir Herbert was a desperately unhappy man.· My father was an unstable and unhappy man.· Ahead towered Robinsgrove - such a large house for one unhappy man.· So different from the brooding and unhappy man of a week ago.· Five tired, unhappy men, in the coldest, emptiest place on earth.
· If he ever married, then it would be an unhappy marriage.· Perhaps this was a painful subject, what with his own unhappy marriage to Jane.· He revealed details of the royal couple's unhappy marriage and told of Diana's bulimia.· An unhappy marriage is more likely to be explained in terms of current stresses than in relation to what has gone on long before.· But in spite of the unhappy marriages, people go on marrying and remarrying, don't they?· Diana's parents had had an unhappy marriage.· He was an only child whose parents had had an unhappy marriage, with rows and infidelities.
· New York city is reviving unhappy memories of its near-crash in the 1970s.· Perhaps this unhappy memory has clouded the overall impression of the country, which is unfortunate.· Ruth shook her head, trying to put these unhappy memories from her mind.· It's so full of unhappy memories - and I don't want to face the possibility of bumping into Uncle Joe.
· Thames Valley police are hoping their action will make it an unhappy time for thieves.· The family needed help to discuss these unhappy times with Darren and understand the immense distress and confusion he must have felt.· Suddenly again it was a deeply unhappy time.
· Who knew what an unhappy woman might say in such straits, and how little she might mean it?· She gave off the peculiar strength of presence that unhappy women sometimes radiate.· She is not an unhappy woman, by comparison.· She was a very lovely but very unhappy woman.· Some unhappy women, whose husbands are unable to offer them emotional support, quite inappropriately turn to their sons.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounhappiness ≠ unhappinessadjectivehappy ≠ unhappyadverbhappily ≠ unhappily
1not happy → sad:  If you’re so unhappy, why don’t you change jobs? Leslie had an unhappy childhood. an unhappy marriage I was desperately unhappy.► see thesaurus at sadRegisterIn everyday English, people often say they feel down or fed up rather than unhappy:· The situation at home was making her feel very down.2feeling worried or annoyed because you do not like what is happening in a particular situationunhappy about/at (doing) something Dennis is unhappy about having to work on a Saturday.unhappy with We were all unhappy with the quality of the service.3formal an unhappy remark, situation etc is not suitable, lucky, or desirable SYN  unfortunate:  an unhappy coincidence—unhappiness noun [uncountable]COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbsfeel unhappy· After a while I didn’t feel quite so unhappy.look unhappy· Both his parents looked very unhappy.seem unhappy· Did Bill seem unhappy to you?adverbsvery/deeply unhappy· The Government was deeply unhappy about criticism from the press.desperately/terribly/dreadfully unhappy· It was the first time she had been away from home and she was desperately unhappy.nounsan unhappy childhood· Stevens had a unhappy childhood in Manchester.an unhappy marriage· Her parents had had an unhappy marriage.unhappy memories· Ruth tried to put these unhappy memories from her mind.
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