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sadness

DEFINITIONS OF: sadness

n the state of being sad

“she tired of his perpetual sadness”

Synonyms:: sorrow, sorrowfulness

Types:: bereavement, mourning
state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one; poignance, poignancy
a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow

Type of:: unhappiness
state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief

n emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

Synonyms:: unhappiness

Antonyms:: happiness
emotions experienced when in a state of well-being

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sadness caused by grief or affliction; heaviness
persisting sadness; melancholy
a feeling of thoughtful sadness; misery
a feeling of intense unhappiness; desolation, forlornness, loneliness
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned; tearfulness, weepiness
sadness expressed by weeping; sorrow
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement; regret, rue, ruefulness, sorrow
sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; cheerlessness, uncheerfulness
a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness; depression
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; dejectedness, dispiritedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness
a feeling of low spirits; gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness
a feeling of melancholy apprehension; heavyheartedness
a feeling of dispirited melancholy; brooding, pensiveness
persistent morbid meditation on a problem; Weltschmerz, world-weariness
sadness on thinking about the evils of the world; attrition, contriteness, contrition
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation; broken heart
devastating sorrow and despair; brokenheartedness, grief, heartache, heartbreak
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death); mournfulness, ruthfulness, sorrowfulness
a state of gloomy sorrow; compunction, remorse, self-reproach
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed); joylessness
a feeling of dismal cheerlessness; demoralisation, demoralization
depression resulting from an undermining of your morale; helplessness
a feeling of being unable to manage; self-pity
a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings; despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, heartsickness
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless; oppression, oppressiveness
a feeling of being oppressed; dysphoria
abnormal depression and discontent

Type of:: feeling
the experiencing of affective and emotional states

n the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness

Synonyms:: gloominess, lugubriousness

Type of:: uncheerfulness
not conducive to cheer or good spirits

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