Sadness
Pronunciation : Sad"ness
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.]
2. Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.] Her sadness and her benignity. Chaucer.
3. Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection. Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages. Milton.
Syn. -- Sorrow; heaviness; dejection. See Grief.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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