sadness (noun)

  • 21uncheerfulness — noun 1. a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness • Syn: ↑cheerlessness • Ant: ↑cheerfulness (for: ↑cheerlessness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑uncheerful, ↑ …

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  • 22weepiness — noun sadness expressed by weeping • Syn: ↑tearfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tearful (for: ↑tearfulness), ↑weepy • Hypernyms: ↑sadness, ↑ …

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  • 23melancholy — noun 1》 deep and long lasting sadness.     ↘another term for melancholia (as a mental condition). 2》 historical another term for black bile. adjective feeling, causing, or expressing sadness. Derivatives melancholic adjective melancholically… …

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  • 24cheerlessness — noun a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness • Syn: ↑uncheerfulness • Ant: ↑cheerfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑uncheerful (for: ↑uncheerfulness), ↑ …

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  • 25dolefulness — noun sadness caused by grief or affliction • Derivationally related forms: ↑doleful • Hypernyms: ↑sadness, ↑unhappiness …

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  • 26forlornness — noun sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned • Syn: ↑loneliness, ↑desolation • Derivationally related forms: ↑desolate (for: ↑desolation), ↑lonely (for: ↑ …

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  • 27gloominess — noun 1. a feeling of melancholy apprehension • Syn: ↑gloom, ↑somberness, ↑sombreness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sombre (for: ↑sombreness), ↑somber ( …

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  • 28heaviness — noun 1. the property of being comparatively great in weight (Freq. 2) the heaviness of lead • Syn: ↑weightiness • Ant: ↑lightness • Derivationally related forms: ↑weighty ( …

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  • 29loneliness — noun 1. the state of being alone in solitary isolation (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑solitariness • Derivationally related forms: ↑solitary (for: ↑solitariness), ↑lonely …

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  • 30lugubriousness — noun the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness • Syn: ↑gloominess, ↑sadness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sad (for: ↑sadness), ↑lugubrious, ↑gloomy ( …

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