sad
adjective, sad·der, sad·dest.
Origin of sad
Synonyms for sad
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Related Words for sadness
heartache, melancholy, sorrow, poignancy, mourning, grief, heartbreak, hopelessness, misery, anguish, distress, letdown, tribulation, bummer, woe, downer, dejection, despondency, listlessness, funkExamples from the Web for sadness
Contemporary Examples of sadness
Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”
Whenever I look for a vein of sadness in Oliona it melts away.
His sadness over her descent into shooting up after managing to stay clean for a period is palpable.
The film often floats back and forth between these moments of satire and sadness.
Historical Examples of sadness
There is a sadness in her face, for it is only a year ago they lost their little one.
Ballads of a BohemianRobert W. Service
His tone softened to one of sadness, and again he glanced toward Daisy.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
My dear, I laugh; but even in the midst of laughter there is sadness.
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
He liked this eagerness on the part of his boys, and yet there was sadness in his smile, too.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
But still the sadness might not be that of love,—she had felt sad after Legard had gone.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton