What do you call someone who hates happiness?

Cherophobia
Cherophobia
Aversion to happiness, also called cherophobia and fear of happiness, is an attitude towards happiness in which individuals may deliberately avoid experiences that invoke positive emotions or happiness.
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is a phobia where a person has an irrational aversion to being happy. The term comes from the Greek word “chero,” which means “to rejoice.” When a person experiences cherophobia, they're often afraid to participate in activities that many would characterize as fun, or of being happy.
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What is an unhappy person called?

depressed, despondent, miserable, sorry, calamitous, unfortunate, troubled, bleak, blue, cheerless, crestfallen, chapfallen, dejected, destroyed, disconsolate, discouraged, dismal, dispirited, distressed, doleful.
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Why do I hate happiness?

Fear of happiness is associated with fragility of happiness beliefs, suggesting that one of the causes of aversion to happiness may be the belief that happiness is unstable and fragile. Research shows that fear of happiness is associated with avoidant and anxious attachment styles.
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Do I have cherophobia?

5 Symptoms of Cherophobia

Cognitive symptoms: Believing that feeling happy makes you a bad person. Believing that being happy will lead to something bad happening. Believing that you should not express happiness in case it upsets others.
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How do you treat cherophobia?

In particular, she said treatments like insight-oriented psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy are useful for understanding the causes and undoing the negative associations people have between pleasure and pain. Ultimately, tackling cherophobia is changing the way you think.
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What is a woefully?

/ˈwoʊ·fə·li/ (of a bad situation) extremely; very: Medical resources were woefully inadequate during the emergency.
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What is shoeless?

Adjective. shoeless (not comparable) Without shoes; not wearing shoes quotations ▼ He ran shoeless from the burning house.
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Is Shoeless a real word?

A shoeless man lies prone in the street. Many were shoeless and dressed only in underwear.
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Is shoe lace one word?

Shoelace is a noun - Word Type.
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Is Shoeless an adjective?

Shoeless is an adjective - Word Type.
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What does lamentably mean?

1 : that is to be regretted or lamented : deplorable the lamentable consequences of the war. 2 : expressing grief : mournful a faint and lamentable cry— Walter de la Mare.
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What does disdainfully mean?

: full of or expressing contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : full of or expressing scorn or disdain a disdainful glare is disdainful of all modern art.
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What is the definition of deplorably?

1 : deserving to be deplored : regrettable a deplorable mistake. 2 : very bad : wretched.
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What is discreditable?

Definition of discreditable

: injurious to reputation : disgraceful discreditable conduct.
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What does Disreputability mean?

adjective. not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom. discreditable; dishonorable. shabby or shoddy; of poor quality or condition: disreputable clothes.
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What does the word ineptly mean?

1 : generally incompetent : bungling inept leadership. 2 : lacking in fitness or aptitude : unfit inept at sports. 3 : not suitable to the time, place, or occasion : inappropriate often to an absurd degree an inept metaphor.
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What is the definition for supercilious?

Definition of supercilious

: coolly and patronizingly haughty reacted to their breach of etiquette with a supercilious smile.
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What is an ambuscade?

ambuscade • \AM-buh-skayd\ • noun. : a trap in which concealed persons lie in wait to attack by surprise; also : the persons so concealed or their position.
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What does Paternalistically mean?

Meaning of paternalistic in English

(of people in authority) making decisions for other people rather than letting them take responsibility for their own lives: The country has a paternalistic culture. He had a paternalistic attitude toward his peers.
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What does it mean to be inarticulate?

Definition of inarticulate

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings. 2a(1) : incapable of speech especially under stress of emotion : mute. (2) : incapable of being expressed by speech inarticulate fear.
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What is the plural for shoe?

Plural means more than one. For example, 'shoes' is the plural of 'shoe', which is singular.
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Where did the word shoe come from?

Etymology. From Middle English sho, shoo, from Old English sċōh (“shoe”), from Proto-West Germanic *skōh, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz (“shoe”), of unclear etymology; possibly a derivation from *skehaną (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”).
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Is there plural for footwear?

"Footwear" is not a countable noun. It has no plural form.
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Why do we wear footwears?

Shoes not only help our feet to heal but can also aid in support and stability of our foot. Not all feet are perfect, so properly fitting shoes can help align your feet, ankles, knees, hips and back to correct your gait and improve posture.
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Can I say shoe?

The noun shoes is plural. The singular of shoes is shoe.
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