SADNESS

sadness. Sadness, n. sorrow, heaviness, dejection

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Sad″ness, n. 1. 1. Heaviness; firmness.
2. 2. Seriousness; gravity; discretion.
Her sadness and her benignity. Chaucer. 3. 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.