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sadness
noun as in unhappiness, depression
Strongest matches
anguish, grief, heartache, heartbreak, hopelessness, melancholy, misery, mourning, poignancy, sorrow
Strong matches
blahs, bleakness, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, distress, dolefulness, dolor, downer, dysphoria, forlornness, funk, gloominess, letdown, listlessness, moodiness, mopes, mournfulness, sorrowfulness, tribulation, woe
Weak matches
blue devils, blue funk, broken heart, dismals, downcastness, grieving, heavy heart, the blues, the dumps
Example Sentences
“You are correct, children, those robot stories are about me,” admitted Roz, with a hint of sadness in her voice.
News of Super Sentai's demise drew sadness from fans and celebrities.
She treats sadness as a stimulus on the gospel-inspired All This Love, determinedly pushing herself back into life.
At mile 52, I felt a touch of sadness that I only had 10 more miles to go.
Mr. Pärt has referred to music as “the handkerchief for drying my tears of sadness, the source of my tears of joy.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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