unhappiness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhappiness
Noun
  • The documentary was completed prior to Joel’s recent diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus, but there are candid assessments of other struggles he’s endured, including depression, bankruptcy and alcoholism.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • The National Hurricane Center continued Friday to track a low pressure system in the Gulf and said in its 8 p.m. advisory that development into the season’s next tropical depression or storm is no longer expected.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement The answering note to its prevailing ironic treatment of Sir Walter is of course the melancholy and hint of regret that suffuse much of the novel’s tone.
    Brandon Taylor, Time, 17 July 2025
  • Over a balmy, slowly dissipating summer, nothing really pushes or pulls our aimless hero in either direction, and in this state of happy stagnation, melancholy becomes a comfort blanket.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 July 2025
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“Unhappiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhappiness. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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