
Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): happiness, unhappiness, happy, unhappy, happily, unhappily
Xem thêm: dysphoric, distressed, infelicitous
unhappy 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.
adj.
unhappy over her departure
unhappy with her raise
after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence
had an unhappy time at school
the unhappy (or sad) news
he looks so sad
the unhappy truth