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In a despondent state

Not satisfied or pleased with (a situation)

Unfortunate or wretched

Inappropriate for a given purpose, situation or occasion

Causing distress, sadness or anxiety

Not conducive to success

Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy

(of a relationship or household) Dysfunctional or lacking harmony

Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something

Feeling a sense of disgust or repulsion

Cold, unfriendly, or lacking in emotion

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Adjective

In a despondent state

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

singing the blues

as sick as a parrot

discombobulated

discountenanced

on the verge of tears

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

heavy with grief

overcome with sorrow

racked with suffering

racked with pain

with a long face

given to looking on the black side

with tears in your eyes

ill-humoured^UK

longing for home

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

beside oneself with grief

bundle of nerves

conscience-stricken

unfavourable^UK

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

having the blahs

having blue devils

in floods of tears

poverty-stricken

at sixes and sevens

crossed in love

unrequited in love

with no one to turn to

without companions

without friends

without a friend in the world

feeling friendless

self-reproachful

mentally defeated

at the end of your tether

emotionally defeated

at end of one's rope

in sackcloth and ashes

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

oversentimental

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“To say I was unhappy when I failed my exam would be an understatement.”

Adjective

Not satisfied or pleased with (a situation)

disapproving of

not best pleased

in high dudgeon

hot under the collar

bent out of shape

fed up to the teeth

with a chip on your shoulder

fed up to the back teeth

cut to the quick

at daggers drawn

foaming at the mouth

as cross as two sticks

gnashing one's teeth

blue in the face

ill-humoured^UK

evil-intentioned

with all guns blazing

beside yourself with rage

carrying a chip on your shoulder

overcome with anger

at end of one's rope

hot and bothered

beside yourself

at boiling point

rubbed the wrong way

in a filthy temper

having short fuse

hot under collar

having got out of bed on the wrong side

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

having got out of bed the wrong side

easily offended

discombobulated

out of countenance

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“I'm very unhappy about the service and will be lodging a formal complaint.”

Adjective

Unfortunate or wretched

disadvantageous

unfavourable^UK

behind eight ball

behind the eightball

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“Ted would meet with an unhappy incident involving his zipper while visiting Mary.”

Adjective

Inappropriate for a given purpose, situation or occasion

lacking in propriety

disproportionate

beyond the pale

out of character

not good enough

dishonourable^UK

not up to scratch

not good enough for

inappropriate to

not designed for

dishonorable^US

against the rules

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“The legislation represents in itself an unhappy compromise.”

Adjective

Causing distress, sadness or anxiety

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

heart-wrenching

unfavourable^UK

a load of pants

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

bargain-basement

dissatisfactory

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

disadvantageous

poverty-stricken

foolish-looking

full of hardship

beyond contempt

of poor quality

beyond the pale

less-than-stellar

not quite the done thing

not up to standard

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Not conducive to success

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

prognosticatory

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Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy

ill-humoured^UK

easily offended

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

uncommunicative

hot under the collar

self-justifying

having short fuse

hot under collar

huffy irascible

bundle of nerves

easily frightened

easily agitated

having got out of bed the wrong side

having got out of bed on the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

unaccommodating

easily affected

hyper-sensitive

set in one's ways

hard to satisfy

over-particular

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Adjective

(of a relationship or household) Dysfunctional or lacking harmony

Adjective

Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something

standing out a mile

sticking out a mile

like a fish out of water

mutually exclusive

conflicting with

incompatible with

self-contradictory

in conflict with

at variance with

disagreeing with

irreconcilable with

not in accord with

out of step with

not in keeping with

diametrically opposed to

incongruous with

not in harmony with

discrepant with

antithetical to

out of place with

discordant with

in disagreement with

out of keeping with

inconsonant with

in opposition to

disconsonant with

whale of difference

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Adjective

Feeling a sense of disgust or repulsion

sick and tired of

horror-stricken

knocked for six

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Adjective

Cold, unfriendly, or lacking in emotion

uncompanionable

uncommunicative

undemonstrative

not on speaking terms

self-controlled

self-restrained

putting on airs

depersonalized^US

depersonalised^UK

nondiscriminatory

strictly business

keeping people at arm's length

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