sadness > define
noun
- Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being.
- synonyms: unhappiness
- The state of being sad.
- usage: "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
- synonyms: sorrow, sorrowfulness
- The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness.
- synonyms: gloominess, lugubriousness
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) Heaviness; firmness.
- (n.) Quality of being sad or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.
- (n.) Seriousness; gravity; discretion.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary