sadness

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsædnəs/
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Noun

sadness (countable and uncountable, plural sadnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
    Synonyms: forlornness, melancholy; see also Thesaurus:sadness
    • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
      But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness
      Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.
    • 1707, John Dunton, “Mourning Joy: or a Paradox in Praiſe of Sadneſs”, in Athenian Sport , page 423:
      I mean not then under the name of Sadneſs to defend effeminate Bewailings and Lamentations; let them that ſubject themſelves to this weakeſt Impatience, be alſo ſubject to the Lycian Law, that bound theſe kind of Lamenters to be array'd like Women: […]
  2. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
    Synonyms: misfortune, woe; see also Thesaurus:woe
    She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.

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