Expressive+of+sadness
1sadness — 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… …
2ex|pres´sive|ness — ex|pres|sive «ehk SPREHS ihv», adjective. 1. serving as a sign or indication; expressing: »“Alas” is a word expressive of sadness. SYNONYM(S): indicative. 2. full of expression; having much feeling or meaning: »“His skin hung on his bones” is a… …
3ex|pres´sive|ly — ex|pres|sive «ehk SPREHS ihv», adjective. 1. serving as a sign or indication; expressing: »“Alas” is a word expressive of sadness. SYNONYM(S): indicative. 2. full of expression; having much feeling or meaning: »“His skin hung on his bones” is a… …
4ex|pres|sive — «ehk SPREHS ihv», adjective. 1. serving as a sign or indication; expressing: »“Alas” is a word expressive of sadness. SYNONYM(S): indicative. 2. full of expression; having much feeling or meaning: »“His skin hung on his bones” is a more… …
5pensive — a. 1. Thoughtful, meditative, reflective, dreamy, sober. 2. Expressive of sadness, sad, serious, grave, mournful, melancholy, solemn, triste …
6sigh — v. & n. v. 1 intr. emit a long deep audible breath expressive of sadness, weariness, longing, relief, etc. 2 intr. (foll. by for) yearn for (a lost person or thing). 3 tr. utter or express with sighs ( Never! he sighed). 4 intr. (of the wind… …
7emotion — emotionable, adj. emotionless, adj. /i moh sheuhn/, n. 1. an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness. 2. any of the… …
8Music and emotion — Many scientific disciplines deal with the topic of music and emotion, including philosophy, musicology and psychology. The perspective presented here is mainly a psychological one, yet some theoretical and philosophical considerations will be… …
9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
10aesthetics — /es thet iks/ or, esp. Brit., /ees /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the… …
