sadness
Americannoun
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the quality or state of being sad; sorrow.
It’s frustrating to know the sadness you’re feeling and not be able to help you.
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an instance of sorrow.
How can you be so unaware of the sadnesses these children have experienced?
Etymology
Origin of sadness
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English sadnesse; sad ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )
Example Sentences
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She spent hours in front of this memorial altar, drowning in sadness.
From Literature
Or maybe it was that the clowning that marked the career of Ron Luciano masked a deeper sadness that finally claimed the life of baseball’s happy warrior in a size-50 extralong dark blazer.
Brendan Grant said it was an awful tragedy and the sadness was reflected in the Mass.
From BBC
His heart filled with the deepest sadness he had ever known.
From Literature
My aunts rarely mentioned her, and when they did, it was always with sadness or, in Hadel’s case, anger.
From Literature
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