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单词 sadness
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Definition of sadness in English:

sadness

noun ˈsadnəsˈsædnəs
mass noun
  • The condition or quality of being sad.

    a source of great sadness
    count noun it is one of life's sadnesses
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At a certain point in the series I faced a deep well of grief and sadness and was encouraged to dive right into it.
    • I feel a sense of deep sadness, verging on depression, about the situation in Asia.
    • We come together this evening more in a mood of celebration of his life than in a mood of sadness.
    • The grieving mother of a York soldier killed when his car crashed into a tree has told of her sadness at his death.
    • Over the past week I've been undecided whether it's a day for celebration or sadness.
    • As we have seen, emotionally autumn is a time to be aware of and release our sadness and grief.
    • Yet you are never far from reminders of the sadness and regret that suffuses the mind of the composer.
    • Some of the stories are hugely entertaining but there is a lot of sadness in the book as well.
    • The Abbot expressed his sadness over the fact that it would be impossible to go ahead with the project.
    • News of his death has caused deep sadness among all who had the pleasure of knowing him.
    • They belong to a stoic breed that ‘just got on with it’ whether circumstances included disagreements, upsets, sadnesses or disappointments.
    • One level is sadness and sorrow and anger at a really traumatic and huge loss of life.
    • I wonder how much of this is just the sadness at the slow fading away of the friendship.
    • The sadness on the faces of those in the midst of the devastation told it's own tale.
    • There is a great deal of learning necessary ahead for Prince William, and there is no question that Prince William has to know about war and the sadnesses that go with it before he is ready to be monarch.
    • He said: ‘It is one of life's sadnesses that we can't keep our dogs as long as we would wish.
    • However, my delight at the demise of the Western bypass is tinged with sadness.
    • It is inspirational that out of so much chronic pain and sadness can come an annual event which is so positive.
    • But mixed with their feelings of sadness is the sense that the company has let them down.
    • And the joy even spills over onto the small sadnesses.
    Synonyms
    unhappiness, sorrow, dejection, regret, depression, misery, cheerlessness, downheartedness, despondency, despair, desolation, wretchedness, glumness, gloom, gloominess, dolefulness, melancholy, low spirits, mournfulness, woe, broken-heartedness, heartache, grief
    informal down
    rare disconsolateness, disconsolation, dismalness

Rhymes

badness, madness

Definition of sadness in US English:

sadness

nounˈsædnəsˈsadnəs
  • The condition or quality of being sad.

    a source of great sadness
    it is one of life's sadnesses
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They belong to a stoic breed that ‘just got on with it’ whether circumstances included disagreements, upsets, sadnesses or disappointments.
    • But mixed with their feelings of sadness is the sense that the company has let them down.
    • The sadness on the faces of those in the midst of the devastation told it's own tale.
    • We come together this evening more in a mood of celebration of his life than in a mood of sadness.
    • However, my delight at the demise of the Western bypass is tinged with sadness.
    • And the joy even spills over onto the small sadnesses.
    • Over the past week I've been undecided whether it's a day for celebration or sadness.
    • As we have seen, emotionally autumn is a time to be aware of and release our sadness and grief.
    • He said: ‘It is one of life's sadnesses that we can't keep our dogs as long as we would wish.
    • Some of the stories are hugely entertaining but there is a lot of sadness in the book as well.
    • News of his death has caused deep sadness among all who had the pleasure of knowing him.
    • The Abbot expressed his sadness over the fact that it would be impossible to go ahead with the project.
    • It is inspirational that out of so much chronic pain and sadness can come an annual event which is so positive.
    • Yet you are never far from reminders of the sadness and regret that suffuses the mind of the composer.
    • There is a great deal of learning necessary ahead for Prince William, and there is no question that Prince William has to know about war and the sadnesses that go with it before he is ready to be monarch.
    • I feel a sense of deep sadness, verging on depression, about the situation in Asia.
    • At a certain point in the series I faced a deep well of grief and sadness and was encouraged to dive right into it.
    • One level is sadness and sorrow and anger at a really traumatic and huge loss of life.
    • I wonder how much of this is just the sadness at the slow fading away of the friendship.
    • The grieving mother of a York soldier killed when his car crashed into a tree has told of her sadness at his death.
    Synonyms
    unhappiness, sorrow, dejection, regret, depression, misery, cheerlessness, downheartedness, despondency, despair, desolation, wretchedness, glumness, gloom, gloominess, dolefulness, melancholy, low spirits, mournfulness, woe, broken-heartedness, heartache, grief
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