sadness Synonyms
Strongest:
- sorrow
- melancholy
- anguish
- unhappiness
- dejection
- misery
- despair
- grief
- depression
- gloom
- mournfulness
- sorrowfulness
- oppression
Strong:
- desolation
- blue-devils
- desperation
- regret
- heartsickness
- joylessness
- melancholia
- distress
- mourning
- downheartedness
- agony
- despondence
- disconsolateness
- gloominess
- dreariness
- dumps
- despond
- miserableness
- forlornness
- doldrums
- blues
- mopes
- pain
- despondency
- glumness
- boredom
Weak:
Strongest:
- humor
- joyousness
- exhilaration
- exultation
- exultation
- gladness
- glee
- happiness
- rapture
- heaven
- elation
- humor
- ecstasy
- felicity
- mirth
- euphoria
- jubilation
- exhilaration
- jubilation
- felicity
- happiness
- joyfulness
- bliss
- intoxication
- bliss
- joy
- gladness
- mirth
- heaven
- glee
- elation
- joyfulness
- rapture
- euphoria
- joyousness
- exuberance
- joy
- intoxication
- ecstasy
- exuberance
Strong:
- joviality
- cheeriness
- lightheartedness
- merriment
- rapturousness
- lightheartedness
- satisfaction
- gaiety
- blissfulness
- rapturousness
- elatedness
- gayness
- merriment
- cheerfulness
- hopefulness
- gladsomeness
- gaiety
- gladsomeness
- cheeriness
- gayety
- jollity
- cheerfulness
- content
- cheer
- blissfulness
- mirthfulness
- gayness
- cheer
- optimism
- elatedness
- contentment
- hopefulness
- optimism
- joviality
- contentment
- mirthfulness
- gleefulness
- jollity
- gleefulness
- satisfaction
- gayety
- content
Weak:
sadness Meaning
sadness (n)
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
the state of being sad
the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
sadness (n.)
Heaviness; firmness.
Seriousness; gravity; discretion.
Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.
sadness Sentence Examples
- The loss of her beloved pet brought immeasurable sadness upon her.
- The sight of abandoned children filled him with profound sadness.
- The news of her illness cast a shadow of sadness over the family.
- The echoes of the old love song evoked bittersweet sadness in her heart.
- The once-vibrant city now bore the scars of war, its atmosphere heavy with sadness.
- Her words carried a palpable undercurrent of sadness, as if she were silently carrying an invisible burden.
- The desolation of the barren land mirrored the deep sadness etched into his soul.
- The absence of her laughter left a void in the home, a constant reminder of her absence and the sadness that lingered.
- The memories of their lost child evoked a wave of overwhelming sadness, threatening to consume them with grief.
- The realization of her solitude weighed heavily on her mind, casting a long shadow of sadness over her days.
FAQs About the word sadness
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being, the state of being sad, the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulnessHeaviness; firmness., Se
sorrow,melancholy, anguish, unhappiness, dejection, misery, despair, grief, depression, gloom
humor, joyousness, exhilaration, exultation, exultation, gladness, glee, happiness, rapture, heaven
The loss of her beloved pet brought immeasurable sadness upon her.
The sight of abandoned children filled him with profound sadness.
The news of her illness cast a shadow of sadness over the family.
The echoes of the old love song evoked bittersweet sadness in her heart.
