sadness

[ sad-nis ]

/ ˈsæd nɪs /

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noun

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.

an instance of sorrow: How can you be so unaware of the sadnesses these children have experienced?

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Origin of sadness

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English sadnesse; sad + -ness

Words nearby sadness

sadism, sadist, sadistic, Sadler's Wells, sadly, sadness, sado, Sadoc, sadomasochism, sadomasochistic, Sadová

How to use sadness in a sentence

When incidents occur in Washington that people make parallels to Miriam, it just creates a great sense of anxiety and hurt and sadness, knowing that she wasn’t given consideration.
Miriam Carey was shot at 26 times by law enforcement near the Capitol in 2013. Her sister contrasts her fate to the treatment of the Jan. 6 rioters.|David Montgomery|January 19, 2021|Washington Post
After that first short burst, other feelings can flow, starting with sadness to grieve the loss of safety, then fear and regret, or what we would do differently next time.
Boost your mood with emotional brain training|By Laurel Mellin/The Conversation|January 4, 2021|Popular-Science
I hope that in 2021, we’ll have less sadness and anxiety in common.
The year it was OK not to be OK at work|Sarah Todd|December 29, 2020|Quartz
So, some would argue that emotions like fear, and also emotions like sadness, get us to withdraw a little bit to that which we know is going to work.
Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? (Ep. 445)|Stephen J. Dubner|December 24, 2020|Freakonomics

The Kealohas’ unraveling has been met with sadness and anger.
A prosecutor and police chief were adored in their community. Then their scheme unraveled.|Kim Bellware|December 3, 2020|Washington Post
Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
‘Downton Abbey’ Review: A Fire, Some Sex, and Sad, Sad Edith|Kevin Fallon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism|Samantha Allen|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But for some of us, while its closing was sad, it was a tempered sadness.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo|Felice Picano|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whenever I look for a vein of sadness in Oliona it melts away.
Russia’s Gold Digger Academy|Peter Pomerantsev|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His sadness over her descent into shooting up after managing to stay clean for a period is palpable.
Janis Joplin’s Kozmic Blues|William O’Connor|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Beauty was there; but it was the beauty of sadness; it was the crushed ruin of what might once have been bright and aspiring.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
With deep personal sadness I learn that your country has urgent need of your great experience elsewhere.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

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