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unhappying

unhappying is the present participle and gerund of unhappy.

Meaning of unhappy

Verb

unhappy (third-person singular simple present unhappies, present participle unhappying, simple past and past participle unhappied)

  1. To make or become unhappy; to sadden.
    • A happy gentleman in blood and lineaments,
      By you unhappied and disfigured clean1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

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Questions about unhappying

What is unhappying the present participle and gerund of?
Unhappying is the present participle and gerund of unhappy.

Words near unhappying in the dictionary

  1. unhappy
  2. unhappy number
  3. unhappy numbers
  4. unhappy triad
  5. unhappy triads
  6. unhappying
  7. unhappyness
  8. unhaptenized
  9. unharangued
  10. unharassable
  11. unharassed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unhappying (page history and authors); unhappy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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