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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English sadnesse, equivalent to sad + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
sadness (countable and uncountable, plural sadnesses)
- (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
- Synonyms: forlornness, melancholy
- (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
- Synonyms: misfortune, woe
She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.
Translations
state/emotion
- Arabic: حُزْن m (ḥuzn)
- Egyptian Arabic: اسف m (asaf)
- Armenian: տխրություն (hy) (txrutʻyun), թախիծ (hy) (tʻaxic)
- Assamese: বেজাৰ (bezar), দুখ (dukh)
- Asturian: tristura f
- Azerbaijani: kədər (az), hüzn
- Bashkir: моң (moñ), һағыш (hağış), эс бошоу (es boşow), бошонҡолоҡ (boşonqoloq)
- Belarusian: печа́ль f (pječálʹ), сму́так m (smútak)
- Bengali: দুঃখ (bn) (dukkho), দেরেগ (bn) (dereg), গোসা (bn) (gōśa), নারাজী (naraji), বেজার (bn) (bejar)
- Berber:
- Tashelhit: taguḍi f
- Breton: tristidigezh (br) f
- Bulgarian: скръб (bg) f (skrǎb), печа́л (bg) f (pečál)
- Catalan: tristesa (ca) f, tristor (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 悲傷／悲伤 (zh) (bēishāng), 悲哀 (zh) (bēi'āi)
- Czech: smutek (cs) m
- Danish: tristhed c, bedrøvelse c, sørgmodighed c
- Dutch: verdriet (nl) n, droefenis (nl) f
- Esperanto: malĝojo
- Estonian: kurbus
- Farefare: sũ-sã'aŋɔ
- Finnish: surullisuus (fi)
- French: tristesse (fr) f
- Galician: tristeza (gl) f
- Georgian: ნაღველი (naɣveli), მწუხარება (mc̣uxareba), მოწყენილობა (moc̣q̇eniloba), სევდა (sevda)
- German: Traurigkeit (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 f (aglō), 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐍉 f (trigō)
- Greek: λύπη (el) f (lýpi)
- Hebrew: עצב (he) m ('étsev)
- Hindi: दुःख (hi) m (duḥkh), ग़म m (ġam), उदासी (hi) f (udāsī)
- Hungarian: szomorúság (hu)
- Icelandic: sorg (is) f
- Ido: chagreno (io)
- Indonesian: kesedihan (id)
- Irish: brón m, cumha m
- Italian: tristezza (it) f
- Japanese: 悲しみ (ja) (かなしみ, kanashimi)
- Kazakh: мұң (mūñ), шер (şer), уайым (uaiym)
- Khmer: សេចក្ដីព្រួយ (səckdəy pruəy)
- Kikuyu: kĩeha
- Korean: 슬픔 (ko) (seulpeum)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: خەفەت (xefet)
- Lao: ຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າ (lo) (khuām sōk sao)
- Latin: trīstitia f
- Latvian: skumjas f pl, skumjums m, skumība f
- Lithuanian: liūdesys (lt) m
- Macedonian: тага f (taga)
- Manx: anghennallys m
- Maori: hinapouri, matarehu, pōuritanga
- Middle English: reuþe
- Ngazidja Comorian: huzuni class 9/10
- Norwegian: melankoli m
- Bokmål: sorg (no) m or f, vemod n, tristhet m or f
- Nynorsk: sorg f, vemod n
- Occitan: tristesa (oc) f, tristor f, tristum m
- Old Occitan: tristicia f
- Old English: drēoriġnes f
- Persian: غمگینی (fa) (ğamgini)
- Polish: smutek (pl) m
- Portuguese: tristeza (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਦੁੱਖ m (dukkha), ਦੁਖ m (dukh)
- Quechua: llakiy
- Romanian: tristețe (ro) f
- Russian: печа́ль (ru) f (pečálʹ), грусть (ru) f (grustʹ), уны́ние (ru) n (unýnije), тоска́ (ru) f (toská)
- Scottish Gaelic: bròn m, cianalas m, dubhachas m, gruaim f, mulad m, truime f, tùirse f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ту́га f, жа̏ло̄ст f
- Roman: túga (sh) f, žȁlōst (sh) f
- Slovak: smútok m, zármutok m
- Slovene: žalost (sl) f
- Spanish: tristeza (es) f
- Swahili: huzuni (sw) class 9
- Swedish: sorgsenhet (sv) c
- Tagalog: lungkot (tl)
- Thai: ความเศร้า (th) (kwaam sâo), ความทุกข์ (th) (kwaam-túk)
- Turkish: üzgünlük (tr), üzüntü (tr)
- Ukrainian: печа́ль f (pečálʹ), сму́ток m (smútok)
- Urdu: دکھ m (dukh)
- Vietnamese: buồn (vi), sự buồn rầu (vi)
- Welsh: tristwch (cy) m
- Western Panjabi: دکھ (pnb) ?
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