SADNESS Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

sadness

noun

Definition of sadness next

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 Curtis revealed that Annie, who welcomed her baby boy with husband Jason Wolf in December, was able to take the grief and sadness of losing her godparents and birth as a new beginning. —

Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026 There will be deaths, of characters as well as relationships, but McInerney’s always-sharp insights on social strata and human nature guarantee that in the midst of sadness we are also entertained. —

Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026 Reaction to the news Monday that the Connecticut Sun WNBA team is officially being moved to Houston was of sadness and regret in Connecticut, especially amongst those who had tried to keep the professional women’s basketball team in the state over the last year. —

Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026 Somberness, as well as anger and sadness, color the majority of the songs plucked from Springsteen's vast catalog to underscore the reason for this 20-date tour. —

Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 Even with the seven losses in eight games before Monday night’s breakthrough against the Philadelphia 76ers, Erik Spoelstra’s team was aware of how March sadness still could turn into something better. —

Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026 Acknowledge anxiety, sadness or grief with openness, instead of trying to suppress those feelings or fueling them with harsh self-criticism. —

J. David Creswell, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026 There is awe, and sadness, and regret, and wry humor. —

Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026 Relieved of their blindfolds, the men now wore heavy rucksacks filled with colored rocks representing their anger (red), guilt and shame (black), and sadness (blue). —

Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026

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The film’s empathetic interest in individual, often eccentric human lives gives it a warmth that overrides the underlying melancholy of the material, making for a pleasingly unsentimental crowdpleaser.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Some acknowledged the possibility that melancholy could be inherited.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Mar. 2026