sadness (noun)

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• sadness — sad ► ADJECTIVE (sadder, saddest) 1) feeling sorrow; unhappy. 2) causing or characterized by sorrow or regret. 3) informal pathetically inadequate or unfashionable. DERIVATIVES sadness noun. ORIGIN Old En …   English terms dictionary

• sadness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, great, overwhelming, profound, real … OF SADNESS ▪ hint, tinge, touch …   Collocations dictionary

• sadness — noun a) The state or emotion of being sad. She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years. b) An event in ones life that causes sadness. Syn: forlornness, melancholy …   Wiktionary

• sadness — noun our sadness cannot be measured Syn: unhappiness, sorrow, dejection, depression, misery, despondency, despair, desolation, wretchedness, gloom, gloominess, dolefulness, melancholy, mournfulness, woe, heartache, grief; informal the blues …   Thesaurus of popular words

• sadness — noun 1. emotions experienced when not in a state of well being (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑unhappiness • Ant: ↑happiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑unhappy (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sadness — noun see sad …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sadness — noun Syn: unhappiness, sorrow, dejection, depression, misery, despondency, wretchedness, gloom, gloominess, melancholy …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• sadness — sad|ness [ sædnəs ] noun singular or uncount * a feeling of being unhappy, especially because something bad has happened: Joan s childhood was filled with pain and sadness. There was a sadness about him that we never really understood. great/deep …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sadness */ — UK [ˈsædnəs] / US noun [singular/uncountable] a feeling of being unhappy, especially because something bad has happened Joan s childhood was filled with pain and sadness. There was a sadness about him that we never really understood. great/deep… …   English dictionary

• sadness — [ˈsædnəs] noun [U] the feeling of being unhappy Joan s childhood was filled with pain and sadness.[/ex] It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Wilfred White.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• sadness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sorrow, dejection, melancholy, depression, grief, despondency, sorrowfulness, oppression, downs*, gloom*, blues*, dumps*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. downheartedness, sorrow, depression, melancholy, misery, unhappiness …   English dictionary for students