sadness
English Thesaurus
1. the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | uncheerfulness, |
| definition | : | not conducive to cheer or good spirits (noun.attribute) |
2. emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being (noun.feeling)
| hypernym | : | feeling, |
| definition | : | the experiencing of affective and emotional states (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | dolefulness, |
| definition | : | sadness caused by grief or affliction (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | heaviness, |
| definition | : | persisting sadness (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | melancholy, |
| definition | : | a feeling of thoughtful sadness (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | misery, |
| definition | : | a feeling of intense unhappiness (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | sorrow, |
| definition | : | an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | regret, rue, ruefulness, sorrow, |
| definition | : | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | depression, |
| definition | : | sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy (noun.feeling) |
3. the state of being sad (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | unhappiness, |
| definition | : | state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | bereavement, mourning, |
| definition | : | state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | poignance, poignancy, |
| definition | : | a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow (noun.state) |
4. the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited, |
| definition | : | filled with melancholy and despondency (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | lugubrious, |
| definition | : | excessively mournful (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sad, |
| definition | : | of things that make you feel sad (adj.all) |
5. emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being (noun.feeling)
| antonym | : | happiness, |
| definition | : | emotions experienced when in a state of well-being (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | unhappy, |
| definition | : | experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sad, |
| definition | : | experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness (adj.all) |
6. the state of being sad (noun.state)
| derivation | : | grieve, sorrow, |
| definition | : | feel grief (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | sad, |
| definition | : | experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sorrowful, |
| definition | : | experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss (adj.all) |
7. the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited, |
| definition | : | filled with melancholy and despondency (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | lugubrious, |
| definition | : | excessively mournful (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sad, |
| definition | : | of things that make you feel sad (adj.all) |
8. emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being (noun.feeling)
| antonym | : | happiness, |
| definition | : | emotions experienced when in a state of well-being (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | unhappy, |
| definition | : | experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sad, |
| definition | : | experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness (adj.all) |
9. the state of being sad (noun.state)
| derivation | : | grieve, sorrow, |
| definition | : | feel grief (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | sad, |
| definition | : | experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sorrowful, |
| definition | : | experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss (adj.all) |
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