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Meanings of sadness in English
Emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow.
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Examples for "sorrow"
Examples for "sorrow"
1
Triends and family have taken to social media to express their sorrow.
2
For the time being, however, such sorrow was far from his thoughts.
3
Then he fell-inthe gutter; and there was general sorrow and lamentation.
4
Things that brought me sorrow later, although the opposite was also true.
5
I express all my sorrow for the victims of the Strasbourg attacks.
1
When she looked around it was with a sorrowfulness as of farewell.
2
There was no sense of gloom or sorrowfulness in her company.
3
He was grave, but he did not resent her sorrowfulness.
4
As the eyes rested on him their sorrowfulness seemed to be shot with humour.
5
The flute-like sorrowfulness of the organ thrills through my blood; my nerves vibrate in responsive echo.
Portuguese
tristeza Usage of sadness in English
1
Balancing sadness with hope is a real challenge, but it is possible.
2
Yeats clearly views the present state of the world with some sadness.
3
With great sadness and anger, I now believe him to be right.
4
The company sees millions of queries every year around stress or sadness.
5
She sensed the anger and sadness here; she still felt the violence.
6
True news tends to be met with sadness, joy, anticipation and trust.
7
Laura raised her hand, with a great sense of weight and sadness.
8
The national mood was exactly what we thought: an outpouring of sadness.
9
At that moment, she heard someone sigh as if in great sadness.
10
There was sadness too-thepower was pulling it in, no question now.
11
A great weary sadness, as if he'd leapt abruptly forward in age.
12
There was sadness and pity; out of the stillness and the corners.
13
Still, it carried a certain sadness, the sum of all this knowledge.
14
His father's reply held no trace of anger, only a great sadness.
15
Outrage and suspicion took the place of sadness, as so often happens.
16
The only sadness is that several religious bodies have opposed the move.
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Sadness through the time
Sadness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
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