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sadness

/ˈsædnəs/
noun
  1. The state or emotion of being sad.

    Similar: forlornness, melancholy

  2. An event in one's life that causes sadness.

    "She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years."

    Similar: misfortune, woe

Synonymsforlornness, melancholy, misfortune, woe

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