sadness

noun

Definition of sadnessnext
as in melancholy
a state or spell of low spirits she was filled with sadness at the thought of having to leave her family

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sadness
  1. melancholy
  2. depression
  3. sorrow
  4. grief
  5. anguish
  6. gloom
  7. misery
  8. dejection
Noun
  • To say more about the plot would spoil the film too much, but Ryder is really a chameleon, flickering between quiet melancholy, genuine affection, and darker, more selfish concerns, and the rotoscoping art style accentuates the expressiveness of her face.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
  • At 78, Ferry reigns as the elder statesman of rock-star romantics, the king of elegant melancholy.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of melancholy
Noun
  • Musk has spoken openly in the past about his use of prescription Ketamine, an anesthetic that has gained interest from doctors and researchers for its potential to treat depression and anxiety.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Some economists credit McKinley’s tariffs with plunging the U.S. government into a deficit and leading to an economic depression a few years later in 1893.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of depression
Noun
  • Johnny Rockets Drown any potential sorrows in a free milkshake with an in-store purchase.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Many of those recollections contain notes of sorrow.
    Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of sorrow
Noun
  • This is a wisp of a premise — aside from her muted graffiti efforts, our protagonist’s grief manifests itself more as general moodiness than anything particularly tangible.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Comedy is a way for not just professional entertainers to process that existential grief, but a tool for anybody working through this massive threat to our democratic system.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of grief
Noun
  • The silent anguish that Charles describes has dangerous real-world ramifications: After the death of a spouse, widowers experience higher rates of mortality, persistent depression, and social isolation than widows do.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The plot is on the heavy side: The Innocents plays with the mental anguish of a person desperately trying to make sense of the world around them while simultaneously dealing with their own emotional turmoil.
    B.J. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of anguish
Noun
  • And the evening wasn’t all doom and gloom for the Wilson family.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • After two years of doom and gloom, digital health deals are showing signs of life, with venture capital firms making more focused bets and interest rate cuts rekindling some of the COVID-era optimism around the sector.
    Tina Reed, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of gloom
Noun
  • The Democratic Party should be put out of its misery.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • While a fair number of New Yorkers may be at home alone tonight, watching prestige-TV reruns and trying to enter a fugue state, plenty of us plan to lean into the misery (or joy) of watching the election results in numbers.
    Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of misery
Noun
  • Through June 2019, Zoe’s Kitchen was still rapidly deteriorating, and its financial losses and worker dejection were taking a toll on Cava.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Watson missed out on an additional $40,000 in the bonus round, prompting him to moan in dejection.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of dejection
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