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- pronunciation:
- saed
nihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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noun |
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the state or quality of being unhappy.
I feel terrible sadness over my parents' divorce.There was sadness in her voice.
- synonyms:
- sorrow, unhappiness
- antonyms:
- cheer, gladness, happiness
- similar words:
- blues, calamity, depression, gloom, grief, melancholy, woe
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| related words: |
grief, melancholy, woe |
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broader categories that include sadness |
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emotion, feeling, mood |
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conventionally associated with sadness |
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catastrophe, doom, funeral, half-mast, tragedy, wake |
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similar to sadness |
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anguish, gloom, grief, melancholy, misery, remorse, sorrow |
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some actions related to sadness |
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bawl, bleed, blubber, complain, cry, grieve, groan, howl, miss, mope, mourn, pout, sigh, sniffle, sob, wail, weep, whimper, yowl |
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some causes of sadness |
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death, disappointment, hurt, injury, loss, misfortune, pain, tragedy |
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some reactions to sadness |
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cheer, comfort, console, ease, pity, regret, soothe, sympathize |
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some states of sadness |
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blues, mourning, woe |
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