Chris could not conceal his sadness when he heard that Beth had been unable to find his valuable watch.
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Sadness
//ˈsædnəs//
Synonyms for "sadness" (165 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Noun(15 words)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (82)
gravenessgriefgrievousnessheartacheheavy heartheavyheartednesshopelessnesshurtinfelicityjoylessnesslamentabilitylamentationlistlessnessmeannessmegrimsmelancholiamelancholymeretriciousnessmeritlessnessmiserableness
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miserymisfortunemoodinessmopesmournfulnessmourningpainpainfulnesspaltrinesspathospenitencepitiabilitypitiablenesspitifulnesspitypoignancypoornessprostrationregrettablenessshabbinesssharpnessshoddinesssobernesssobrietysombernesssorrinesssorrowsorrowfulnesssudssuicidal despairswarthswarthinessswartnessunhappinessunworthinessvilenesswoewoebegonenesswoefulnessworthlessnesswretchedness
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4 entriesMore specific
4 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesat location
2 entriescauses desire
5 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
4 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
145 translations across 78 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- اسف noun (state/emotion)
- حُزْن noun (state/emotion)
Armenian
2 entries- թախիծ noun (state/emotion)
- տխրություն noun (state/emotion)
Assamese
2 entries- দুখ noun (state/emotion)
- বেজাৰ noun (state/emotion)
Asturian
1 entries- tristura noun (state/emotion)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- hüzn noun (state/emotion)
- kədər noun (state/emotion)
Bashkir
4 entries- бошонҡолоҡ noun (state/emotion)
- моң noun (state/emotion)
- эс бошоу noun (state/emotion)
- һағыш noun (state/emotion)
Belarusian
2 entries- печа́ль noun (state/emotion)
- сму́так noun (state/emotion)
Bengali
4 entries- গোসা noun (state/emotion)
- দুঃখ noun (state/emotion)
- দেরেগ noun (state/emotion)
- নারাজী noun (state/emotion)
Breton
1 entries- tristidigezh noun (state/emotion)
Bulgarian
2 entries- печа́л noun (state/emotion)
- скръб noun (state/emotion)
Catalan
2 entries- tristesa noun (state/emotion)
- tristor noun (state/emotion)
Cebuano
1 entries- kasubo noun (state/emotion)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خەفەت noun (state/emotion)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 悲傷 /悲伤 noun (state/emotion)
- 悲傷的事情 /悲伤的事情 noun (event causing sadness)
- 悲哀 noun (state/emotion)
Czech
1 entries- smutek noun (state/emotion)
Danish
3 entries- bedrøvelse noun (state/emotion)
- sørgmodighed noun (state/emotion)
- tristhed noun (state/emotion)
Dutch
2 entries- droefenis noun (state/emotion)
- verdriet noun (state/emotion)
Esperanto
1 entries- malĝojo noun (state/emotion)
Estonian
1 entries- kurbus noun (state/emotion)
Farefare
1 entries- sũ-sã'aŋɔ noun (state/emotion)
Finnish
2 entries- suru noun (event causing sadness)
- surullisuus noun (state/emotion)
French
2 entries- malheur noun (event causing sadness)
- tristesse noun (state/emotion)
Galician
1 entries- tristeza noun (state/emotion)
Georgian
4 entries- მოწყენილობა noun (state/emotion)
- მწუხარება noun (state/emotion)
- ნაღველი noun (state/emotion)
- სევდა noun (state/emotion)
German
3 entries- Pech noun (event causing sadness)
- Schicksalsschlag noun (event causing sadness)
- Traurigkeit noun (state/emotion)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 noun (state/emotion)
- 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐍉 noun (state/emotion)
Greek
1 entries- λύπη noun (state/emotion)
Hebrew
1 entries- עצב noun (state/emotion)
Hindi
3 entries- उदासी noun (state/emotion)
- ग़म noun (state/emotion)
- दुःख noun (state/emotion)
Hungarian
2 entries- szomorúság noun (state/emotion)
- üröm noun (state/emotion)
Icelandic
1 entries- sorg noun (state/emotion)
Ido
1 entries- chagreno noun (state/emotion)
Indonesian
1 entries- kesedihan noun (state/emotion)
Irish
2 entries- brón noun (state/emotion)
- cumha noun (state/emotion)
Italian
1 entries- tristezza noun (state/emotion)
Japanese
1 entries- 悲しみ noun (state/emotion)
Kazakh
3 entries- мұң noun (state/emotion)
- уайым noun (state/emotion)
- шер noun (state/emotion)
Khmer
1 entries- សេចក្ដីព្រួយ noun (state/emotion)
Kikuyu
1 entries- kĩeha noun (state/emotion)
Korean
1 entries- 슬픔 noun (state/emotion)
Lao
1 entries- ຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າ noun (state/emotion)
Latin
1 entries- trīstitia noun (state/emotion)
Latvian
3 entries- skumjas noun (state/emotion)
- skumjums noun (state/emotion)
- skumība noun (state/emotion)
Lithuanian
1 entries- liūdesys noun (state/emotion)
Macedonian
1 entries- тага noun (state/emotion)
Manx
1 entries- anghennallys noun (state/emotion)
Middle English
1 entries- reuþe noun (state/emotion)
Māori
3 entries- hinapouri noun (state/emotion)
- matarehu noun (state/emotion)
- pōuritanga noun (state/emotion)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- huzuni noun (state/emotion)
Norwegian
1 entries- melankoli noun (state/emotion)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- sorg noun (state/emotion)
- tristhet noun (state/emotion)
- vemod noun (state/emotion)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- sorg noun (state/emotion)
- vemod noun (state/emotion)
Occitan
3 entries- tristesa noun (state/emotion)
- tristor noun (state/emotion)
- tristum noun (state/emotion)
Old English
1 entries- drēoriġnes noun (state/emotion)
Old Occitan
1 entries- tristicia noun (state/emotion)
Persian
1 entries- غمگینی noun (state/emotion)
Polish
1 entries- smutek noun (state/emotion)
Portuguese
1 entries- tristeza noun (state/emotion)
Punjabi
3 entries- دکھ noun (state/emotion)
- ਦੁਖ noun (state/emotion)
- ਦੁੱਖ noun (state/emotion)
Quechua
1 entries- llakiy noun (state/emotion)
Romanian
1 entries- tristețe noun (state/emotion)
Russian
4 entries- грусть noun (state/emotion)
- печа́ль noun (state/emotion)
- тоска́ noun (state/emotion)
- уны́ние noun (state/emotion)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- bròn noun (state/emotion)
- cianalas noun (state/emotion)
- dubhachas noun (state/emotion)
- gruaim noun (state/emotion)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- túga noun (state/emotion)
- žȁlōst noun (state/emotion)
- жа̏ло̄ст noun (state/emotion)
- ту́га noun (state/emotion)
Slovak
2 entries- smútok noun (state/emotion)
- zármutok noun (state/emotion)
Slovene
1 entries- žalost noun (state/emotion)
Spanish
4 entries- desgracia noun (event causing sadness)
- engurrio noun (state/emotion)
- infortunio noun (event causing sadness)
- tristeza noun (state/emotion)
Swahili
2 entries- huzuni noun (state/emotion)
- huzuni noun (event causing sadness)
Swedish
1 entries- sorgsenhet noun (state/emotion)
Tagalog
2 entries- kalungkutan noun (state/emotion)
- lungkot noun (state/emotion)
Tashelhit
1 entries- taguḍi noun (state/emotion)
Thai
2 entries- ความทุกข์ noun (state/emotion)
- ความเศร้า noun (state/emotion)
Turkish
3 entries- üzgünlük noun (state/emotion)
- üzüntü noun (state/emotion)
- üzüntü noun (event causing sadness)
Ukrainian
2 entries- печа́ль noun (state/emotion)
- сму́ток noun (state/emotion)
Urdu
1 entries- دکھ noun (state/emotion)
Vietnamese
2 entries- buồn noun (state/emotion)
- sự buồn rầu noun (state/emotion)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- kasubo noun (state/emotion)
Welsh
1 entries- tristwch noun (state/emotion)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I'm drowning in sadness falling far behind.
Source: tatoeba (54046)
He hid his sadness behind a smile.
Source: tatoeba (303033)
She helped him overcome his sadness.
Source: tatoeba (388342)
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