sadness

Definitions

1. noun

   The state or emotion of being sad.

   Examples

   • But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.
   • The compassion to yourself comes in validating the feelings your inner child is having -- the stress, fear, anger or sadness - and make adult decisions about the best way to move forward, Lev said.
   ≈forlornness≈melancholy
2. noun

   An event in one's life that causes sadness.

   Example

   • She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.
   ≈misfortune≈woe≈affliction≈aggrievance≈distress +11 more