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Sadness

//ˈsædnəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or emotion of being sad. uncountable

    "But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness."

  2. 2
    the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness wordnet
  3. 3
    An event in one's life that causes sadness. countable

    "She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years."

  4. 4
    emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being wordnet
  5. 5
    the state of being sad wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English sadnesse, equivalent to sad + -ness.

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