| SAD abbr. seasonal affective disorder |
sad (s d)adj. sad·der, sad·dest 1. Affected or characterized by sorrow or unhappiness. 2. Expressive of sorrow or unhappiness. 3. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing: a sad movie; sad news. 4. Deplorable; sorry: a sad state of affairs; a sad excuse. 5. Dark-hued; somber. [Middle English, weary, sorrowful, from Old English sæd, sated, weary; see s  - in Indo-European roots.]sad  ly adv.sad ness n.Synonyms: sad, melancholy, sorrowful, doleful, woebegone, desolate These adjectives mean affected with or marked by unhappiness, as that caused by affliction. Sad is the most general: "Better by far you should forget and smile/Than that you should remember and be sad" (Christina Rossetti). Melancholy can refer to lingering or habitual somberness or sadness: a melancholy poet's gloomy introspection. Sorrowful applies to emotional pain as that resulting from loss: sorrowful mourners at the funeral. Doleful describes what is mournful or morose: the doleful expression of a reprimanded child. Woebegone suggests grief or wretchedness, especially as reflected in a person's appearance: "His sorrow . . . made him look . . . haggard and . . . woebegone" (George du Maurier). Desolate applies to one that is beyond consolation: "No one is so accursed by fate,/No one so utterly desolate,/But some heart, though unknown,/Responds unto his own" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). |
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| Noun | 1. |  sadness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-beingfeeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" dolefulness - sadness caused by grief or affliction heaviness - persisting sadness; "nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss" melancholy - a feeling of thoughtful sadness misery - a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief" tearfulness, weepiness - sadness expressed by weeping sorrow - an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss" regret, ruefulness, sorrow, rue - sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game" cheerlessness, uncheerfulness - a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness depression - sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy dejectedness, dispiritedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness - a feeling of low spirits; "he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits" happiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-being |
| 2. | sadness - the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness" unhappiness - state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief bereavement, mourning - state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one | |
| 3. | sadness - the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness uncheerfulness - not conducive to cheer or good spirits |
sadness
noun unhappiness, sorrow, grief, tragedy, depression, the blues, misery, melancholy, poignancy, despondency, bleakness, heavy heart, dejection, wretchedness, gloominess, mournfulness, dolour (poetic), dolefulness, cheerlessness, sorrowfulness It is with a mixture of sadness and joy that I say farewell.
happiness, delight, pleasure, joy, cheer, satisfaction, ecstasy, enjoyment, bliss, felicity, exuberance, contentment, wellbeing, high spirits, elation, gaiety, jubilation, merriment, cheerfulness, gladness, cheeriness, light-heartedness
happiness, delight, pleasure, joy, cheer, satisfaction, ecstasy, enjoyment, bliss, felicity, exuberance, contentment, wellbeing, high spirits, elation, gaiety, jubilation, merriment, cheerfulness, gladness, cheeriness, light-heartedness
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