English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English sadnesse, equivalent to sad + -ness.
Pronunciation[edit]
sadness (countable and uncountable, plural sadnesses)
- (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
- (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
- She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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: sorg (da) c
- Dutch: verdriet (nl) n
- 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 (かなしみ, kanashimi)
- Kazakh: мұң (muñ), шер (şer), уайым (wayım)
- Khmer: សេចក្ដីព្រួយ (səckdəy pruəy)
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- Korean: 슬픔 (ko) (seulpeum)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: خهفهت (ku) (xefet)
- Lao: ຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າ (lo) (khuām sōk sao)
- Latin: trīstitia f
- Latvian: skumjas f, 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, f, vemod n, tristhet m, 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: sorg (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
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event causing sadness
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 悲傷的事情, 悲伤的事情 (bēishāng de shìqing)
- Finnish: suru (fi)
- French: please add this translation if you can
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