<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the quality or state of being unhappy; unhappiness.</li><li>misfortune; bad luck.</li><li>an unfortunate circumstance; misfortune.</li><li>inaptness, inappropriateness, or awkwardness, as of action or expression.</li><li>something inapt or infelicitous: infelicities of style.</li></ul>