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adj. VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, grow She grew more unhappy as the years went by. | make sb It makes me very unhappy to see you so miserable. ADV. deeply, desperately, distinctly, dreadfully, extremely, most, really, terribly, very, wretchedly She is deeply unhappy. He described it as ‘a most unhappy and distressing case’. | entirely We felt entirely unhappy with the whole situation. | increasingly | a bit, a little, rather | clearly, obviously | equally He was equally unhappy with the alternative. | personally PREP. about He sounded a bit unhappy about the extra work he had to do. | at She was very unhappy at the idea of staying in London. | with They were terribly unhappy with the arrangements.
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unhappy
verbs
feel 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?
adverbs
very/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.
nouns
an 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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