unhappy
US /ənˈhæpi/
adjective Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Several customers were unhappy with the long waiting time.
Word Family
NounNoun
unhappiness
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
unhappy gốc
AdverbAdv
unhappily
Synonyms
- dissatisfiedfail to satisfy
- sadexperiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - Christina Rossetti
- discontentedmake dissatisfied
Collocations
- Easy unhappy customerdescribing unhappy customer (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent)
- Medium unhappy with working conditionsdescribing unhappy with working conditions (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent)
- Hard unhappy consequences of fiscal mismanagementdescribing unhappy consequences of fiscal mismanagement (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent)
- Very Hard trapped in an unhappy predicament of one's own makingto trapped in an unhappy predicament of one's own making, meaning to place in a confining or embarrassing position
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.