sadness

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sad +‎ -ness

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Singular
sadness

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural sadnesses

sadness (countable and uncountable; plural sadnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  2. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
    She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.

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