Definition

Noun: A state or feeling of sadness, sorrow, or low spirits; a melancholic and dispirited mood.

Usage

This noun describes a deep, persistent feeling of sadness that often weighs a person down emotionally. It is a formal and somewhat literary term for a sorrowful state of mind.

Examples

• The heavyheartedness she felt after her friend moved away lasted for weeks.
• A sense of heavyheartedness settled over the community following the tragic news.
• He tried to hide his heavyheartedness behind a smile.

Advanced Usage

• "A pall of heavyheartedness": This phrase emphasizes a heavy, pervasive atmosphere of sadness affecting a group or place.
  • A pall of heavyheartedness hung in the air after the announcement.

Variants and Related Words

• Heavyhearted (adjective): Feeling or showing sadness.
  • She gave a heavyhearted sigh.

Synonyms

• Sadness
• Melancholy
• Sorrow
• Despondency
• Dejection

Antonyms

• Lightheartedness
• Cheerfulness
• Joy
• Elation

Noun

1. a feeling of dispirited melancholy