Unhappiness (Noun)
Meaning 1
State characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Her decision to move away was filled with unhappiness as she left behind everything and everyone she knew and loved.
- Years of abuse led to immense unhappiness for the victim and the recovery process took years.
- Throughout her marriage she suppressed her feelings, resulting in internal unhappiness.
- Loss of job opportunities contributed significantly to his financial difficulties and ultimately, to his state of unhappiness.
- Even her incredible success was often tainted with an inexplicable and inexpungible feeling of deep-seated unhappiness.
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Meaning 2
Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- Her struggles with anxiety and depression were the root cause of her unhappiness for years.
- The lack of social connections in his new city filled him with deep unhappiness every day.
- The loss of her mother led to a period of intense unhappiness in her life.
- His unhappiness at work led him to reevaluate his career choices and pursue a new field.
- The isolation during the pandemic triggered feelings of unhappiness in many people worldwide.
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- Sorrow
- Dispiritedness
- Weepiness
- Misery
- Low-spiritedness
- Desolation
- Rue
- Heaviness
- Melancholy
- Downheartedness
- Forlornness
- Depression
- Cheerlessness
- Dolefulness
- Ruefulness
- Lowness