sadness (noun)

  • 41mourning — noun 1 sadness about sb s death ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ national, official ▪ public VERB + MOURNING ▪ be in, go …

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  • 42cloud — noun 1》 a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground.     ↘an indistinct or billowing mass, especially of smoke or dust. 2》 a state or cause of gloom or anxiety. 3》 an… …

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  • 43black bile — noun a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy • Syn: ↑melancholy • Hypernyms: ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour * * * …

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  • 44crocodile tears — noun a hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager s dilemma politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed • Hypernyms: ↑hypocrisy, ↑lip service * * * noun… …

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  • 45downheartedness — noun a feeling of low spirits he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits • Syn: ↑dejectedness, ↑low spiritedness, ↑lowness, ↑dispiritedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑dispirited ( …

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  • 46night jasmine — noun West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel shaped yellow white flowers that are fragrant by night • Syn: ↑night jessamine, ↑Cestrum nocturnum • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Cestrum, ↑ …

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  • 47world-weariness — noun sadness on thinking about the evils of the world • Syn: ↑Weltschmerz • Derivationally related forms: ↑world weary • Hypernyms: ↑melancholy * * * ˈworld weariness ; …

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  • 48depression — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon b. the size of an angle of depression 2. an act of depressing or a state of being depressed: as a. a pressing down ; …

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  • 49desolation — noun Date: 14th century 1. the action of desolating 2. a. grief, sadness b. loneliness 3. devastation, ruin < a scene of utter desolation > 4. barren wasteland …

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  • 50long face — noun Date: 1786 a facial expression of sadness or melancholy …

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