a. [UN-1 7.] Unhappy; destitute of bliss.

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1340–70.  Alex. & Dind., 543. To ȝoure souorain of sinne [ye] sacrifice maken Wiþ þat vnblisful blod þat þei bled hauen.

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1382.  Wyclif, Prov. xix. 26. Who tormentith the fader, and fleeth the modir, shenful shal be, and vnblisful [L. infelix].

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1833.  Tennyson, Dream Fair Wom., xxi. From within me a clear under-tone Thrill’d thro’ mine ears in that unblissful clime.

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1868.  Morris, Earthly Par. (1870), I. I. 149. Ah! soothly, well remembered Was that unblissful wretched home.

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