Word

sadness, n.
(sadnesses)
freq. cnt. 2

emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
<noun.feeling> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

sadness unhappiness

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unhappy unhappy

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dolefulness heaviness melancholy misery loneliness, forlornness, desolation weepiness, tearfulness sorrow regret, sorrow, rue, ruefulness cheerlessness, uncheerfulness depression downheartedness, dejectedness, low-spiritedness, lowness, dispiritedness

the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
<noun.attribute>

gloominess lugubriousness sadness

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the state of being sad
<noun.state>

sadness sorrow sorrowfulness

sample sentences

"she tired of his perpetual sadness"

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bereavement, mourning poignancy, poignance