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sadness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sadness \Sad"ness\, n. 1. Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.] 2. Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.] Her sadness and her benignity. --Chaucer. 3. Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection. Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages. --Milton. Syn: Sorrow; heaviness; dejection. See {Grief}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sadness n 1: emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being [syn: {unhappiness}] [ant: {happiness}] 2: the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness" [syn: {sorrow}, {sorrowfulness}]
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