Definition

1. Noun:
   • The state or quality of being sad: A feeling of unhappiness, sorrow, or emotional pain.
   • An instance or cause of this feeling: Something that makes one feel sad.
   • A solemn or regretful quality: A character of gloom or mournfulness.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • There was a deep sadness in her eyes.
  • He felt a profound sadness after hearing the news.
  • The sadness of the music moved the entire audience.

Advanced Usage

• "to one's sadness": causing one to feel sad.
  • To my great sadness, I had to say goodbye.
• "a tinge/trace of sadness": a small amount of sad feeling.
  • Her voice held a trace of sadness.

Variants and Related Words

• Sad (adj): Feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy.
  • She felt sad about the loss.
• Sadden (verb): To make or become sad.
  • The story saddened him.

Synonyms

• Sorrow: A feeling of deep distress caused by loss or disappointment.
• Unhappiness: The state of not being happy.
• Melancholy: A feeling of pensive sadness, often with no obvious cause.
• Gloom: A state of partial or total darkness; a feeling of sadness or depression.

Related Phrases

• A sadness came over him/her: He/She suddenly felt sad.
  • A great sadness came over her as she remembered her childhood home.

Related Idioms

• More in sorrow than in anger: Acting out of disappointment or sadness rather than rage.
  • He criticized the team's performance, but it was more in sorrow than in anger.

Noun

1. the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
2. the state of being sad
   • she tired of his perpetual sadness
3. emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being