Sadness
WordNet
noun
(1) The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
(2) Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
(3) The state of being sad
"She tired of his perpetual sadness"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The state or emotion of being sad.
- An event in one's life that causes sadness.
- She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.
Synonyms
- (state of being sad): forlornness, melancholy
- (event causing sadness): misfortune, woe