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sadness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of sadness

a state or spell of low spirits

she was filled with sadness at the thought of having to leave her family

Synonyms for sadness

blue devils,
blues,
dejection,
depression,
desolation,
despond,
despondence,
despondency,
disconsolateness,
dispiritedness,
doldrums,
dolefulness,
downheartedness,
dreariness,
dumps,
forlornness,
gloom,
gloominess,
glumness,
heartsickness,
joylessness,
melancholy,
miserableness,
mopes,
mournfulness,
oppression,
sorrowfulness,
unhappiness

Words Related to sadness

melancholia,
self-pity

anguish,
dolor,
grief,
mourning,
somberness,
sorrow,
woefulness

agony,
distress,
pain

misery,
woe,
wretchedness

discouragement,
disheartenment

moodiness

despair,
desperation,
hopelessness,
self-despair

boredom,
ennui,
tedium

dismalness,
drear,
morbidness,
moroseness,
morosity

regret,
rue

Near Antonyms for sadness

gaiety
(also gayety),
gayness,
glee,
gleefulness,
humor,
jollity,
joviality,
lightheartedness,
merriment,
mirth,
mirthfulness

cheer,
cheerfulness,
cheeriness,
hopefulness,
optimism,
sunniness

content,
contentedness,
contentment,
satisfaction

delight,
gratification

Antonyms for sadness

bliss,
blissfulness,
ecstasy,
elatedness,
elation,
euphoria,
exhilaration,
exuberance,
exultation,
felicity,
gladness,
gladsomeness,
happiness,
heaven,
intoxication,
joy,
joyfulness,
joyousness,
jubilation,
rapture,
rapturousness

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“Sadness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sadness. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.

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