sadness (noun)

  • 31ruefulness — noun sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment he drank to drown his sorrows he wrote a note expressing his regret to his rue, the error cost him the game • Syn: ↑sorrow, ↑regret, ↑rue • Derivationally related form …

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  • 32tearfulness — noun sadness expressed by weeping • Syn: ↑weepiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tearful, ↑weepy (for: ↑weepiness) • Hypernyms: ↑sadness, ↑ …

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  • 33death wish — noun (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die • Syn: ↑death instinct, ↑Thanatos • Topics: ↑psychoanalysis, ↑analysis, ↑depth psychology • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 34shadow — noun 1》 a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between light rays and a surface.     ↘partial or complete darkness.     ↘a dark patch or area. 2》 an air or expression of sadness and gloom. 3》 a position of relative inferiority or… …

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  • 35broken heart — noun devastating sorrow and despair he is recovering from a broken heart a broken heart languishes here • Hypernyms: ↑sorrow * * * noun 1. : a state of extreme grief and depression 2. : rupture of the heart muscle (as after myocardial infarction) …

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  • 36dispiritedness — noun a feeling of low spirits he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits • Syn: ↑downheartedness, ↑dejectedness, ↑low spiritedness, ↑lowness • Derivationally related forms: ↑dispirited, ↑low …

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  • 37low-spiritedness — noun a feeling of low spirits he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits • Syn: ↑downheartedness, ↑dejectedness, ↑lowness, ↑dispiritedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑dispirited ( …

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  • 38manic depression — noun a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression • Syn: ↑bipolar disorder, ↑manic depressive illness, ↑manic depressive psychosis • Hypernyms: ↑affective disorder, ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder, ↑ …

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  • 39long face — noun : a facial expression of sadness or melancholy usually affected or exaggerated go around with a long face feeling sorry for yourself Gregor Felsen * * * an unhappy or gloomy expression: He s been walking around with a long face ever since he …

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  • 40degree — noun 1 measurement of angles VERB + DEGREE ▪ rotate, spin, turn ▪ I turned the wheel 90 degrees, PREPOSITION ▪ through … degrees ▪ …

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