sadness

nounB1 · Intermediate

Feeling of being unhappy.

Meaning of «sadness»

noun

feeling of being unhappy

She felt a deep sadness after saying goodbye to her friend.

Translation

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The difference between similar words

a feeling of being sad

sadnessthe normal word for feeling unhappyShe felt sadness when her friend left.

melancholydeep, quiet sadness, often without a clear reasonA feeling of melancholy came over him in autumn.

glooma dark, hopeless moodGloom filled the room after the bad news.

depressionlong, serious sadness; a health problemHe got help for his depression.

a very sad feeling

sadnessthe usual word; can be small or bigI felt sadness when summer ended.

sorrowdeep sadness; a writing wordHe wrote a poem full of sorrow.

griefdeep sadness after someone dies or you lose somethingShe was full of grief when her father died.

miserylong, heavy unhappiness, often with bad conditionsThe war brought misery to many families.

Word family

sad A1 · adjectivesadly A2 · adverbsadness B1 · nounsadden C1 · verb

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