Associations to the word «Sadness»

Pictures for the word «Sadness»

Wiktionary

SADNESS, noun. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
SADNESS, noun. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.

Dictionary definition

SADNESS, noun. Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being.
SADNESS, noun. The state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness".
SADNESS, noun. The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats