sadness (noun)

  • 61remorse — noun A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning. Failure, disgrace, poverty, sorrow, despair, suffering, tears even, the broken words that come from lips in pain, remorse that makes one walk on thorns, conscience that condemns …

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  • 62melancholia — noun a) Deep sadness or gloom b) Clinical depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy See Also: melancholy, melancholic …

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  • 63tristesse — noun sadness …

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  • 64depressive disorder — noun Either of mild depression (the blues; symptoms include sadness and fatigue) or major depressive disorder …

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  • 65sorrowfulness — noun The quality or state of sorrow; sadness …

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  • 66vale of tears — noun A symbolic valley of tears ; meaning the world and the sorrows felt through life. Similar to the Old Testament Psalm 23s reference to the valley of the shadow of death , the phrase implies that sadness is part of the physical world (i.e.… …

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  • 67native language — noun a) The language of a Native or Aboriginal people (often capitalized). Mary Sarah Nelson, 93, is not the last of her tribe – there are four dozen left – but the last speaker of its language. The federal attempt to grant tax credits to Native… …

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  • 68miserablism — noun a) misery, sadness b) a style of art, music or writing that focuses on misery …

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  • 69downheartedness — noun The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness …

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  • 70dolefulness — noun The characteristic of being doleful; sadness …

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