sadness

English

Etymology

From Middle English sadnesse, equivalent to sad +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (state of being sad): forlornness, melancholy
• (event causing sadness): misfortune, woe

Translations

state/emotion

• Arabic: حُزْن‎ m (ḥuzn)
• Armenian: տխրություն (hy) (txrutʿyun)
• Asturian: tristura f
• Azerbaijani: kədər (az)
• Bashkir: моң (moñ), һағыш (hağïš), эс бошоу (es bošou), бошонҡолоҡ (bošonqoloq)
• Belarusian: печа́ль f (pječálʹ), сму́так m (smútak)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: taguḍi f

• Breton: tristidigezh (br) f
• Bulgarian: скръб (bg) f (skrǎb), печа́л (bg) f (pečál)
• Catalan: tristesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悲傷 (zh), 悲伤 (zh) (bēishāng), 悲哀 (zh) (bēi'āi)

• Czech: smutek (cs) m
• Danish: tristhed c, bedrøvelse c, sørgmodighed c
• Dutch: verdriet (nl) n, droefenis (nl) f
• Esperanto: malĝojo
• Estonian: kurbus
• Finnish: surullisuus (fi)
• French: tristesse (fr) f
• Galician: tristeza f
• Georgian: ნაღველი (naɣveli), მწუხარება (mc̣uxareba), მოწყენილობა (moc̣q̇eniloba), სევდა (sevda)
• German: Traurigkeit (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 f (aglō)
• Greek: λύπη (el) f (lýpi)
• Hebrew: עצב‎ (he) m ('étsev)
• Hindi: दुःख (hi) m (duḥkh), ग़म m (ġam), उदासी (hi) f (udāsī)
• Hungarian: szomorúság (hu)
• Icelandic: sorg (is) f
• Ido: chagreno (io)
• Indonesian: kesedihan (id)
• Irish: brón m, cumha m
• Italian: tristezza (it) f
• Japanese: 悲しみ (ja) (かなしみ, kanashimi)
• Kazakh: мұң (muñ), шер (şer), уайым (wayım)
• Khmer: សេចក្ដីព្រួយ (səckdəy pruəy)

• Korean: 슬픔 (ko) (seulpeum)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خه‌فه‌ت‎ (ku) (xefet)

• Lao: ຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າ (lo) (khuām sōk sao)
• Latin: trīstitia f
• Latvian: skumjas f or pl, skumjums m, skumība f
• Lithuanian: liūdesys (lt)
• Macedonian: тага f (taga)
• Maori: hinapouri, matarehu, pōuritanga
• Ngazidja Comorian: huzuni class 9/10
• Norwegian: melankoli m

  Bokmål: sorg (no) m or f, vemod n, tristhet m or f

  Nynorsk: sorg f, vemod n

• Old Occitan: tristicia
• Persian: غمگینی‎ (fa) (ğamgini)
• Polish: smutek (pl) m
• Portuguese: tristeza (pt) f
• Quechua: llakiy
• Romanian: tristețe (ro) f
• Russian: печа́ль (ru) f (pečálʹ), грусть (ru) f (grustʹ), уны́ние (ru) n (unýnije), тоска́ (ru) f (toská)
• Scottish Gaelic: bròn m, cianalas m, mulad m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: туга f, жалост f

  Roman: tuga (sh) f, žalost (sh) f

• Slovak: smútok m
• Slovene: žalost (sl) f
• Spanish: tristeza (es) f
• Swahili: huzuni (sw)
• Swedish: sorgsenhet (sv) c
• Tagalog: lungkot (tl)
• Thai: ความเศร้า (th) (kwaam sâo), ความทุกข์ (kwaam-túk)
• Turkish: üzgünlük (tr), üzüntü (tr)
• Ukrainian: печа́ль f (pečálʹ), сму́ток m (smútok)
• Vietnamese: buồn (vi), sự buồn rầu (vi)
• Welsh: tristwch m

event causing sadness

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悲傷的事情, 悲伤的事情 (bēishāng de shìqing)

• Finnish: suru (fi)
• French: malheur (fr) m

• German: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: desgracia (es) f, infortunio (es) m
• Swahili: huzuni (sw)
• Turkish: üzüntü (tr)