sadness
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sadness
- /ˈsædnəs/
Where it comes from
From Middle English sadnesse, equivalent to sad + -ness.
noun sadnesses · sadnesse
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The state or emotion of being sad.
But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness
Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.
Similar: forlornness, melancholy
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An event in one's life that causes sadness.
She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.
Similar: misfortune, woe, affliction, aggrievance, distress, grief, grievance, hardship, misery, ruth, sadness, sorrow
Similar: blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness, downheartedness, drearihead, forlornness, grief, heartsore, ill-being, infelicity, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mishappiness, mourn, prosternation, regret, rue, ruth, sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness, tristfulness · Opposite: happiness
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sorrow, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, woe, heartache, grieving, grieve, grief, mourning, dismay, misery, bitterness, doom, anguish, pity, distress
noun
Similar: blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness, downheartedness, drearihead, forlornness, grief, heartsore, ill-being, infelicity, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mishappiness, mourn, prosternation, regret, rue, ruth, sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness, tristfulness · Opposite: happiness
Translations
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noun state/emotion
| Español | tristeza, engurrio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 슬픔 seulpeum |
| 日本語 | 悲しみ kanashimi |
| 中文 | 悲傷 /悲伤 bēishāng, 悲哀 bēi'āi |
| हिन्दी | दुःख duḥkh, ग़म ġam, उदासी udāsī |
| Kiswahili | huzuni |
| Português | tristeza |
| Français | tristesse |
| Deutsch | Traurigkeit |
| Italiano | tristezza |
| Ελληνικά | λύπη lýpi |
| Română | tristețe |
| Русский | печа́ль pečálʹ, грусть grustʹ, уны́ние unýnije, тоска́ toská |
| Tiếng Việt | buồn, sự buồn rầu |
| العربية | حُزْن ḥuzn |
| עברית | עצב 'étsev |
noun event causing sadness
| Español | desgracia, infortunio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 悲傷的事情 /悲伤的事情 bēishāng de shìqing |
| Kiswahili | huzuni |
| Français | malheur |
| Deutsch | Schicksalsschlag, Pech |
Talk about this word "sadness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sadness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sadness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sadness "sadness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sadness.Cite this
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title = {sadness},
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