Thesaurus / sadness
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And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSFor of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSGive not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSBeauty was there; but it was the beauty of sadness; it was the crushed ruin of what might once have been bright and aspiring.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERWith deep personal sadness I learn that your country has urgent need of your great experience elsewhere.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONShe controlled her voice into a tone of gentle sadness; she set a mask of sorrow upon her insolent face.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI"I was in love, and three-and-twenty," said the doctor, looking drolly guilty in the midst of his sadness.
THE DAISY CHAINCHARLOTTE YONGEEverywhere there was a sense of recent occupation, an impression of sadness and gloom.
THE EMPTY HOUSE AND OTHER GHOST STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOOD"She had great cause," was his answer, spoken with a strange sadness that surprised both the dowager and Lady Hartledon.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThe poet's lyre has not many strings, and the strains of sadness, of pensive melancholy, are almost absent.
FRDRIC MISTRALCHARLES ALFRED DOWNERWORDS RELATED TO SADNESS
- ache
- affliction
- anguish
- anxiety
- bad news
- blues
- care
- concern
- cross
- dejection
- desolation
- disappointment
- discomfort
- disquietude
- dolor
- embarrassment
- grief
- headache
- heartache
- heartbreak
- irritation
- malaise
- misery
- mortification
- ordeal
- pang
- perplexity
- sadness
- shame
- sorrow
- stew
- suffering
- throe
- torment
- torture
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- twinge
- unconsolability
- unhappiness
- vexation
- visitation
- woe
- worriment
- worry
- wretchedness
- ache
- affliction
- anguish
- anxiety
- bad news
- blues
- care
- concern
- cross
- dejection
- desolation
- disappointment
- discomfort
- disquietude
- dolor
- embarrassment
- grief
- headache
- heartache
- heartbreak
- irritation
- malaise
- misery
- mortification
- ordeal
- pang
- perplexity
- sadness
- shame
- sorrow
- stew
- suffering
- throe
- torment
- torture
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- twinge
- unconsolability
- unhappiness
- vexation
- visitation
- woe
- worriment
- worry
- wretchedness
- affect
- affection
- affectivity
- agitation
- anger
- ardor
- commotion
- concern
- desire
- despair
- despondency
- disturbance
- drive
- ecstasy
- elation
- empathy
- excitability
- excitement
- feeling
- fervor
- grief
- gut reaction
- happiness
- inspiration
- joy
- love
- melancholy
- passion
- perturbation
- pride
- rage
- remorse
- responsiveness
- sadness
- satisfaction
- sensation
- sensibility
- sensitiveness
- sentiment
- shame
- sorrow
- sympathy
- thrill
- tremor
- vehemence
- vibes
- warmth
- zeal
- anguish
- bitterness
- blue devils
- blue funk
- blues
- catatonia
- chagrin
- cheerlessness
- dejection
- desolation
- despair
- despondency
- disconsolateness
- discouragement
- dismals
- distress
- doldrums
- dolor
- downheartedness
- dullness
- dumps
- foreboding
- grief
- heaviness
- heavy-heartedness
- horror
- low spirits
- malaise
- misery
- misgiving
- mopes
- morbidity
- mourning
- oppression
- pensiveness
- pessimism
- sadness
- saturninity
- sorrow
- unhappiness
- vexation
- weariness
- woe
- affliction
- agony
- anguish
- bemoaning
- bereavement
- bewailing
- care
- dejection
- deploring
- depression
- desolation
- despair
- despondency
- discomfort
- disquiet
- distress
- dole
- dolor
- gloom
- grievance
- harassment
- heartache
- heartbreak
- infelicity
- lamentation
- lamenting
- malaise
- melancholy
- misery
- mortification
- mournfulness
- mourning
- pain
- purgatory
- regret
- remorse
- repining
- rue
- sadness
- sorrow
- torture
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unhappiness
- vexation
- woe
- worry
- wretchedness
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