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- pronunciation:
- saed
nihs
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noun |
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Sadness is a feeling we sometimes have when something very bad happens. Many people cry when they feel sadness. We often feel sadness when we lose a thing or person that we loved or when we lose a chance to do something that we really wanted to do. We often feel sadness when someone hurts us, especially a friend, or if we hurt someone that we care about.
Dominic felt a lot of sadness when his best friend moved away. He thought he would never have another great friend like Santiago.
- synonyms:
- sorrow, unhappiness
- antonyms:
- cheer, gladness, happiness
- similar words:
- depression, gloom, grief, melancholy
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| related words: |
grief, melancholy |
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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, funeral, tragedy |
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similar to sadness |
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gloom, grief, melancholy, sorrow |
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some actions related to sadness |
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complain, cry, howl, miss, mourn, sigh, sniffle, weep |
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some causes of sadness |
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death, disappointment, hurt, injury, misfortune, pain, tragedy |
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some reactions to sadness |
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cheer, comfort, ease, pity, regret, sympathize |
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