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English noun: sadness

1. sadness (feeling) emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being


Synonymsunhappiness


Broader (hypernym)feeling


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


Antonymshappiness

2. sadness (state) the state of being sad


SamplesShe tired of his perpetual sadness.


Synonymssorrow, sorrowfulness


Broader (hypernym)unhappiness


Narrower (hyponym)bereavement, mourning, poignance, poignancy

3. sadness (attribute) the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness


Synonymsgloominess, lugubriousness


Broader (hypernym)uncheerfulness









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