Antonyms for happiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hap-ee-nis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp i nɪs

Definition of happiness

Origin : 1520s, "good fortune," from happy + -ness. Meaning "pleasant and contented mental state" is from 1590s. Phrase greatest happiness for the greatest number was in Hutcheson (1725).

noun high spirits, satisfaction

Example sentences :

I would do anything in the world for his happiness, poor old chap.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

There is world enough for all to seek their happiness in their own way.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Well, even if we were, we've no right to get our happiness out of her suffering.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

You know, and yet you'll take your happiness at the poor child's expense.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

Recommend him a day or two in the country, for the good of his health and our happiness.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

While God's Will may be for our happiness, we can attain to neither the happiness nor the Will—as yet.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

How could it care for a fellow's happiness, or even for his leading a correct life!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Perhaps that is a sign—I daresay it is—that I have not had much of what is not happiness.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

He must suffer more, must lose more, must pay more with happiness for his folly.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

That is why it is necessary to happiness that one should be tired.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

Synonyms for happiness

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