| 释义 |
[ sad-nis ] / ˈsæd nɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sadness ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe quality or state of being sad; sorrow: It’s frustrating to know the sadness you’re feeling and not be able to help you. an instance of sorrow: How can you be so unaware of the sadnesses these children have experienced? Origin of sadnessFirst recorded in 1300–50; Middle English sadnesse; sad + -ness Words nearby sadnesssadiron, sadism, sadist, sadistic, Sadler's Wells, sadness, sado, Sadoc, sadomasochism, Sadová, Sadowa Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sadnessLady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire. ‘Downton Abbey’ Review: A Fire, Some Sex, and Sad, Sad Edith|Kevin Fallon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.” Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism|Samantha Allen|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST Whenever I look for a vein of sadness in Oliona it melts away. Russia’s Gold Digger Academy|Peter Pomerantsev|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST His sadness over her descent into shooting up after managing to stay clean for a period is palpable. Janis Joplin’s Kozmic Blues|William O’Connor|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The film often floats back and forth between these moments of satire and sadness. ‘Force Majeure’ and the Swedish Family Vacation From Hell|Alex Suskind|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST What sadness and difficulty may not his noble and generous spirit have had to encounter! Alida|Amelia Stratton Comfield His deportment was invariably grave; it was sobriety that stopped short of sadness. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3.|Benson J. Lossing Some women's faces are in their brightness a prophecy, and some in their sadness a history. Oriental Women|Edward Bagby Pollard And you, when you remember to-day, dont let it be a memory only of sadness; but of my gratitude—my wondering gratitude. Paths of Judgement|Anne Douglas Sedgwick Wealth and honor and power were nothing to him; his life was tinged with sadness that nothing could cure. The Martyr of the Catacombs|Anonymous
Words related to sadnessheartache, melancholy, sorrow, poignancy, mourning, grief, heartbreak, hopelessness, misery, anguish, distress, letdown, dolefulness, tribulation, bummer, woe, downer, mournfulness, dejection, despondency |