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sadness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gloominess, lugubriousness |
| Type of | uncheerfulness |
| Derivation | sad |
sadness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unhappiness |
| Type of | feeling |
| Has types | cheerlessness, dejectedness, depression, desolation, dispiritedness, dolefulness, downheartedness, forlornness, heaviness, loneliness, low-spiritedness, lowness, melancholy, misery, weepiness, rue, ruefulness, sorrow, tearfulness, uncheerfulness, regret |
| Derivation | sad |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sorrow, sorrowfulness |
| Type of | unhappiness |
| Has types | mourning, poignance, poignancy, bereavement |
| Derivation | sad |
she tired of his perpetual sadness.
Examples of sadness
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None of my research could have prepared me for the absolute despair and sadness.
From the businessweek.com
For women, expressing fear, sadness or weakness is more acceptable than for men.
From the timesunion.com
Not a time to gloat, only to express sadness at our disregard for the ecosystem.
From the independent.co.uk
Dear ladies and gentlemen, there is both sadness and hope existing in China now.
From the theepochtimes.com
Hinkle's Theresa harbors a poignant sadness beneath her eager-to-please surface.
From the ocregister.com
He spoke softly, his voice blurred with sadness, and he had to clear his throat.
From the theatlantic.com
The school district issued a statement praising her work and expressing sadness.
From the timesunion.com
After a quick glance, he walks away shaking his head in anger more than sadness.
From the dailyherald.com
Close enough to recovered artifacts to, even now, feel a sadness for the doomed.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
- The state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
- Gloominess: the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
- (sad) experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
- (sad) of things that make you feel sad; "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti
- (sad) deplorable: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
- Sadness is an emotion characterized by feelings of disadvantage, loss, and helplessness. When sad, people often become quiet, less energetic, and withdrawn.
- Nibris is a video game development company located in Krakow, Poland who has said that they will solely develop games for Nintendo systems. ...
- u1E62ade (also spelled u1E62u0101du0113, Tsade, u1E62addi, u1E62ad, Tzadi, Sadhe, Tzaddik) is the eighteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician u00C7u0101du0113 , Hebrew u1E62u0101di u05E6, Aramaic u1E62u0101u1E0Fu0113 , Syriac u1E62u0101u1E0Fu0113 u0728, and Arabic u1E62u0101d u0635. Its oldest sound value is probably /su02E4/, although there is a variety of pronunciation in different modern Semitic languages and their dialects...
