unhappy
/ʌnˈhapi/
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American sound/ʌnˈhapi/
ʌnˈhapi
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Short u vowel
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- Final y vowel sound
ʌn - ˈhapi -> unhappy
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unhappy /ʌn'hæpi / adj (-ier, iest )
၁။ (က) ဝမ်းနည်းသော။ စိတ်မချမ်းမြေ့သော။ look/ sound unhappy ❍ an unhappy occasion/ atmosphere/ face. (ခ) ~ (about/ at/ with sth) မလိုလားသော။ Investors were unhappy about the risk.
၂။ ကံခေသော။ အကြောင်းမလှသော။ an unhappy coincidence/ chance ❍ What has led to this unhappy state of affairs?
၃။ (fml ) မသင့်တော်သော။ မဆီလျော် မလျောက်ပတ်သော။ an unhappy choice of words.
❏ unhappily /-Çli / adv
၁။ မသက်မသာ။ စိတ်ပျက်လက်ပျက်။ She sighed unhappily.
၂။ ကံခေသည်မှာ။ ကံဆိုးသည်မှာ။ Unhappily (for me), my appeal was rejected. unhappiness n [U]
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sad, miserable, discontented, despondent, dejected, gloomy, forlorn, sorrowful, melancholic, depressed, down, afflicted, angry, annoyed, bleak, bleeding, blue, bummed out, calamitous, cheerless, crestfallen, cursed, destroyed, disappointed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, displeased, doomed, down and out, down in the mouth, downbeat, downcast, dragged, dreary, fateful, grim, hapless, heavy-hearted, hopeless, hurting, ill-chosen, ill-fated, ill-starred, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, inappropriate, infelicitous, let-down, long-faced, low, luckless, melancholy, mirthless, misfortunate, mournful, oppressive, put away, put out, ripped, saddened, sorry, tactless, teary, troubled, unfortunate, unlucky, unsuitable, untoward, upset, wretched
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