as in melancholy
a state or spell of low spirits
she was filled with sadness at the thought of having to leave her family
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Recent Examples of sadness
Julianne cited her sisters' accomplishments in their own fields, as well as their flourishing personal lives, as a reason why the sadness never flowered into full-on resentment.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Shock, anger, sadness, disbelief were words used by multiple senior sources inside the West Wing, ABC News' Katherine Faulders said.
—ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Prime Minister Oli expressed sadness over the protests, saying that the government would provide monetary relief to the families of the deceased and free treatment to those injured.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
The sadness and humiliation that capitalism has in store for most of us.
—Teddy Wayne
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
This can bring on feelings of sadness and loneliness and even seasonal affective disorder, a form of seasonal depression.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Emotional stress is a psychological strain that can manifest as intense, overwhelming emotions like fear, anger, worry, or sadness.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Lisa Healy, 29, from Toronto, Canada, battled decades of fatigue, weakness and low energy, which affected her mood and was often described as sadness.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Just days after the sadness at Annunciation, the feeling outside the church of doing something was palpable, not the endless tyranny of hoping somebody else does something.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Shock, anger, sadness, disbelief were words used by multiple senior sources inside the West Wing, ABC News' Katherine Faulders said.
—ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Prime Minister Oli expressed sadness over the protests, saying that the government would provide monetary relief to the families of the deceased and free treatment to those injured.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
The sadness and humiliation that capitalism has in store for most of us.
—Teddy Wayne
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
This can bring on feelings of sadness and loneliness and even seasonal affective disorder, a form of seasonal depression.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Emotional stress is a psychological strain that can manifest as intense, overwhelming emotions like fear, anger, worry, or sadness.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Lisa Healy, 29, from Toronto, Canada, battled decades of fatigue, weakness and low energy, which affected her mood and was often described as sadness.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Just days after the sadness at Annunciation, the feeling outside the church of doing something was palpable, not the endless tyranny of hoping somebody else does something.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sadness
Noun
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Lacy’s new music maintains his sly sense of humor, but with a barefaced melancholy that pushes it to new emotional depths.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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More often than not, the film’s nostalgia is sweet and enjoyable because it is paired with the melancholy that comes from all the acknowledgments of the actors from the original who died over the last 29 years.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
Noun
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In addition, people may experience anxiety or depression related to summer's end and the return to school and work routines, Prism Medical Products says.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Browns are a virus for seasonal depression.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jolie nonetheless manages to bring some palpable life to the role, complicating her otherworldly magnetism with a dawning dread and sorrow.—
Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, nothing negates the unique way in which people from the South embrace socializing with each other, which brings us to a potentially awkward situation that arises often enough and gives grief to even the most polite Southerners.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Anyone who’s been blindsided by grief and still found a way to move forward.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Haley Robson described the anguish caused by ever-metastasizing Epstein conspiracy theories and endless Epstein news cycles, and her hope that releasing the files could finally put the case to bed.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Above all, there’s Rob, whose romantic getaway has turned into a slog of romantic anguish.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The doom and gloom among consumers is likely related to the concerning trend of low hiring that is increasingly becoming apparent from revisions by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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The mood in clean tech is far from doom and gloom.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The same applies to Shangjun’s characters, whose unhappiness is primarily caused by their moral mistakes.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Maybe Shinhye’s unhappiness is solely the product of life under an oppressive government, but maybe some of it is a depression or sense of isolation that would have been hers regardless.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Befriended by the aged proprietor of a now defunct Greek coast restaurant, the hen becomes an unwitting witness of human misery – greed, migrant trafficking, revenge upon revenge.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Task begins by setting up the parallels between Tom and Robbie, two flawed men trying to keep their heads above the water of their own miseries, cutting back and forth between their routines to emphasize their similar ideologies and spontaneities.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sadness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sadness. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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