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