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
Rosalía joined in September, writing about the purpose of her art but also the sadness around her birthday.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
The manipulations also affected how much sadness and anger participants reported feeling while scrolling.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
For all the inherent sadness of its subject matter, Mouse is never depressing, thanks to the delicacy of O’Sullivan and Thompson’s filmmaking.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
There’s no magic fix for Bill’s sadness, nor his drug dependency for many years.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Women may experience bouts of unexplained sadness, fatigue, or low energy.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry has warned that feelings of sadness and isolation are common among older adults, while depression remains widely underdiagnosed.
—Heather Madden, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
For me, these wordless noises were clearly about sadness and longing.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
Wilson expressed deep sadness and called for a safety review.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
The manipulations also affected how much sadness and anger participants reported feeling while scrolling.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
For all the inherent sadness of its subject matter, Mouse is never depressing, thanks to the delicacy of O’Sullivan and Thompson’s filmmaking.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
There’s no magic fix for Bill’s sadness, nor his drug dependency for many years.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Women may experience bouts of unexplained sadness, fatigue, or low energy.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry has warned that feelings of sadness and isolation are common among older adults, while depression remains widely underdiagnosed.
—Heather Madden, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
For me, these wordless noises were clearly about sadness and longing.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
Wilson expressed deep sadness and called for a safety review.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sadness
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Turner plays the middle brother with intriguing melancholy and an almost alien detachment, which works within the world this film creates, but not necessarily for a main character.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2026
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Fanning’s name was the first called when nominations were announced, signaling that Scandinavian melancholy would be notably absent that morning.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Next, using a statistical tool known as a Cox regression model, the researchers equalized the participants based on factors such as age, smoking status, BMI, physical activity, alcohol intake, depression, family history of dementia, medication use and more.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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His relationship with Serena developed during his wife’s battle with depression.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari expressed sorrow and condolences to the victims’ families and directed authorities to ensure the best possible treatment for the injured.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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And this production certainly has that, making for a consistently entertaining drama that can quicken your heart one minute and plunge it into profound sorrow the next.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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The three women, all widows, were brought together by their shared grief and desire to help others in the same situation.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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The study found that many of those surveyed used crochet to manage their mental health and help them with grief, chronic illness, and pain.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Even now, more than 40 years later, the lasting image of her career is of Decker laying on the track in anguish and tears after colliding with Zola Budd in the 1984 Olympic 3,000-meter run.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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Néfissa cries loudly and with anguish about her son, but refuses to acknowledge his truth.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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But Charli ends the album with a sense of faint dawn creeping in against the gloom.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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For now, January’s report looks like a solid break in the gloom, if not the beginning of a boom.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The antidotes to young men’s unhappiness are natural opportunities for in-person connection.—
Anthony V. Mack,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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Inevitably, Big Ant soon comes crashing back down to Earth and the swirl of anger and sorrow that await him there; inevitably, Lil Ant and Lozita are forced to face his unhappiness, and figure out how to react.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Pecola responds to her misery by trying to undo herself.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Sought book on prosecutorial misconduct In the bulk of his conversations, Nathan detailed the misery of jail life.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Sadness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sadness. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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