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She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.
b) An event in ones life that causes sadness.
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Sadness — is an emotion characterized by feelings of disadvantage, loss, and helplessness. When sad, people often become quiet, less energetic, and withdrawn. Sadness is considered to be the opposite of happiness, and is similar to the emotions of sorrow,… … Wikipedia
sadness — sadness, depression, melancholy, melancholia, dejection, gloom, blues, dumps are comparable when they mean a state of mind when one is unhappy or low spirited or an attack of low spirits. Sadness is the general term; apart from the context it… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Sadness — Sad ness, n. 1. Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Her sadness and her benignity. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sadness — index damper (depressant), distress (anguish) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sadness — (n.) early 14c., “seriousness,” from SAD (Cf. sad) + NESS (Cf. ness). Meaning “sorrowfulness” is early 16c., perhaps c.1400 … Etymology dictionary
sadness — [n] unhappiness, depression anguish, blahs*, bleakness, blue devils*, blue funk*, broken heart*, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, despondency, disconsolateness, dismals*, dispiritedness, distress, dolefulness, dolor, downcastness, downer*,… … New thesaurus
sadness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, great, overwhelming, profound, real … OF SADNESS ▪ hint, tinge, touch … Collocations dictionary
sadness — n. 1) to express; feel sadness 2) deep, profound sadness 3) sadness over * * * [ sædnɪs] feel sadness profound sadness deep to express sadnessover … Combinatory dictionary
sadness — sad|ness [ˈsædnıs] n [U] the state of feeling sad = ↑unhappiness great/deep sadness ▪ She sensed Beth s deep sadness. ▪ It was with great sadness that we learned of his death. ▪ There was a touch of sadness in his voice (=he sounded a little sad) … Dictionary of contemporary English
