ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mishappiness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mishappiness is a noun meaning (obsolete) Unhappiness; wretchedness; misery.

Meaning

(obsolete) Unhappiness; wretchedness; misery.

Example Sentences

What wit have words so prest and forcible, That may contain my great mishappiness, And just complaints of his ungentleness?
"My heart pities the man," Baillie wrote at this point in his narrative; "beside other evils, the mishappiness of the affair, which could not be by any hand so compassed as to give content to all...."

Synonyms for mishappiness

Depending on context, synonyms include dejection, melancholy, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mislike, mishap, misery, misfare, mishope, mishappening.

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