sadness (noun)
71mirth — noun a) The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety. And he began to laugh again, and that so heartily, that, though I did not see the joke as he did, I was again obliged to join him in his mirth.… …
72moroseness — noun Gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness. He acquired a slouching gait and ignoble look; his naturally reserved disposition was exaggerated into an almost idiotic excess of unsociable moroseness; and he took a grim pleasure, apparently, in… …
73black bile — noun One of the four humours of ancient and mediaeval physiology, that was believed to be secreted by the kidneys and spleen and to cause melancholy and sadness when present in excess. Syn: atrabile, ātra bīlis, melancholy …
74lump to one's throat — noun a feeling of emotional sadness. On the point of crying. The final scene of Romeo and Juliet always brings a lump to my throat …
75disappointment — noun 1 sadness because sth has not happened, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter, considerable, deep, extreme, great, immense, intense, profound, sharp ▪ …
76gloom — noun 1 sadness ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ She was in a deep gloom because not even a postcard had arrived from Ricky. ▪ general (esp. BrE) ▪ economic ▪ the general economic …
77pity — noun 1 feeling of sadness for sb/sth VERB + PITY ▪ be filled with, be full of, feel, have ▪ show ▪ arouse, evoke, inspire …
78tragedy — noun 1 event/situation that causes great sadness ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, appalling (esp. BrE), awful, big, enormous, great, horrible, horrific, major, rea …
79disappointment — noun sadness or displeasure caused by the non fulfilment of one s hopes or expectations. ↘a disappointing person or thing …
80emotion — noun a strong feeling, such as joy, anger, or sadness. ↘instinctive or intuitive feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge. Derivatives emotionless adjective Origin C16 (denoting a public disturbance): from Fr. émotion, from émouvoir… …
