Unhappiness

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The feeling of not being happy.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolinfelicidad

Françaisinfélicité malheur tristesse

DeutschTraurigkeit Unglück Unzufriedenheit

22 more languages

العربيةالحزن بؤس شقاءشقاوة

Българскинещастие

Catalàinfelicitat

Češtinaneštěstí

Cymraeganhapusrwydd

Ελληνικάδυστυχία

Esperantomalfeliĉeco malfeliĉo

Suomiilottomuus onnettomuus

Gaeilgeanaoibhneas

हिन्दीनाख़ुशी

Bahasa Indonesiaketidaksenangan

Italianoinfelicità

日本語不幸

한국어불행

Latviešunelaimīgums

Nederlandsongelukkigheid

Polskinieszczęście

Portuguêsinfelicidade

Românănefericire

Русскийнесчастье

Svenskaolycka vantrivsel

Türkçemutsuzluk

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

Unhappy unhappy number unhappy triad unhappyness unhardihood unhardiness

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