sadness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sadness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sadness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sadness n emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being Synonym(s): sadness, unhappiness Antonym(s): happiness the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness" Synonym(s): sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness Synonym(s): gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness
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}.