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Unhappy vs Mishappy - What's the difference?

unhappy | mishappy |

As adjectives the difference between unhappy and mishappy

is that unhappy is not happy; sad while mishappy is (rare) unfortunate; unhappy.

unhappy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Not happy; sad.
  • * The Beggar's Opera
    • A moment of time may make us unhappy forever.
  • Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
  • Not lucky; unlucky.
  • Not suitable; unsuitable.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * happy * glad * delighted * exuberant * joyous * joyful

    mishappy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Unfortunate; unhappy.
  • *1911 , Edith Van Dyne, Aunt Jane's nieces and Uncle John :
    • I go home bewildered unt mishappy , to find that Herr Gabert has stole the score of mine opera unt run avay mit mine vife.
  • *1916 , The Mentor:
    • “So much fiction has been written,” he said, “in which the primitive world life has been fantastically mishappy , hopeful endeavor and rapid, substantial growth.
  • *1963 , United States Congress, Senate Hearings :
    • And my statement was if that is the fact I will wait until you are mishappy or unhappy with their services, and I am always available, and thanked them for the opportunity for giving that time to discuss the matter.
  • *1998 , PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art:
    • Two chairs are superimposed in such a way that they truly appear obscene, and immediately a couple will imitate the same position on them. These trivia become "mishappy ," silly instruments; we have to see them in their awkward shapes and their usual application is lost.
  • *2009 , Henry Cabot Lodge (Editor), The Best of the World's Classics :
    • And the same saith Innocent in one of his books; he saith that sorrowful and mishappy is the condition of a poor beggar, for if he asks not his meat he dieth of hunger, and if he ask he dieth for shame; and dire necessity constraineth him to ask; [...]

    Derived terms

    * (l) (Webster 1913)