sadness
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(noun) emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
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Synonyms: unhappiness |
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Related Words: cheerlessness, depression, desolation, dispiritedness, dolefulness, downheartedness, feeling, forlornness, loneliness, low-spiritedness, melancholy, misery, regret, ruefulness, sorrow, tearfulness, uncheerfulness, weepiness |
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Antonyms: happiness |
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(noun) the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness" |
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Synonyms: sorrow, sorrowfulness |
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Related Words: bereavement, mourning, poignance, poignancy, unhappiness |
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