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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You wake up and feel a little off — maybe it’s sadness, maybe it’s excitement, maybe it’s burnout, maybe it’s just the weather and your inbox conspiring against you.
From Salon
“Nothing, hijica. I’m sure it is the emotion of leaving our home. At night, the pain and the sadness catch up with me.”
From Literature
Many there expressed anger and sadness about the immigration operation.
From BBC
"There's a lot of decay and sadness as well as beauty," she says of her improvised creation.
From BBC
They avoided other clumps of blackened trees just in case they stumbled into more holes, but each time Owen saw a burned-out denning site, he felt a pang of sadness.
From Literature
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