SADNESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of sadness in English

(Definition of sadness from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of sadness from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of sadness

sadness
The scene ends with a close-up of his face, crumpling slowly with fatigue and sadness.
We therefore standardized and aggregated the two scores for each emotion to produce single indexes of teacherrepor ted happiness, anger, sadness, and fear expression.
Participants share their experiences, acknowledge vulnerability, sadness, and other emotional responses and provide mutual support.
Here the issue of race, justified or not, might have been nothing more than a cover for sadness.
Infants begin to smile, show excitement when presented with familiar faces, and display what is considered to be sadness when positive stimulus events are withdrawn.
More frequent experiences of sadness as nominated by peers also correlated with greater anger attribution bias.
We spoke about the sadness of saying goodbye to her children.
Women with unresolved loss also displayed significantly more sadness when discussing relationship problems with their husbands, a finding that was not specifically predicted.
To set such a song is not easy, requiring a subtle blend of sadness and clarity.
However, if persistent effort toward the goal does not produce adequate progress, then sadness/depression, an internalizing emotion, may result.
Here a hymn is said to evoke an affective world (a world of ' heart-rending sadness').
These are typically, disbelief, numbness, shock, and immense sadness.
For example, the expression of sadness is a stimulus for empathy and helping behavior.
For example, if feeling a similar emotion would communicate solidarity (as when individuals empathically feel sadness), then empathy should be likely to occur.
For example, while sadness is a central emotion - trait - bias linked to depression, other emotions are arguably as important.
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Translations of sadness

in Chinese (Traditional)
悲傷, 遺憾,不快,悲哀…
in Chinese (Simplified)
悲伤, 遗憾,不快,悲哀…
in Spanish
tristeza, tristeza [feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
tristeza, tristeza [feminine]…
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दुःख…
悲しみ, 悲嘆, 悲(かな)しみ…
tristesse [feminine], tristesse…
hüzün…
tristesa…
treurigheid…
மகிழ்ச்சியற்றவர் என்ற உணர்வு, குறிப்பாக மோசமான ஒன்று நடந்ததால்…
उदासी, दुःख…
દુઃખ…
sorg…
tungsinthet, svårmod, sorgsenhet…
kesedihan…
die Traurigkeit…
tristhet [masculine], sorg [masculine], vemod…
ملال, افسردگی, آزردگی…
сум, журба…
బాధ/విచారం, ముఖ్యంగా ఏదైనా చెడు జరిగినందుకు…
حُزن…
বিষণ্ণতা…
smutek…
kesedihan…
ความเศร้า…
sự buồn rầu…
smutek…
슬픔…
tristezza…
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