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sadness

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sædn?s/

Noun

sadness (countable and uncountable, plural sadnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
    Synonyms: forlornness, melancholy
  2. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
    Synonyms: misfortune, woe

Translations

sadness From the web:

  • what sadness lengthens romeo's hours
  • what sadness anywhere is sadness
  • what sadness feels like
  • what sadness looks like
  • what sadness does to your body
  • what sadness is referred to here in the poem
  • what sadness means
  • what sadness valli


penthos

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?n??s/

Etymology

Ancient Greek ?????? (pénthos)

Noun

penthos (uncountable)

  1. sorrow; grief; mourning or sadness
    • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
      He watched with a chill of wonder the basalt mask splotched with ivy shadow whose round eyes stared back with Kolonian penthos, Dushara with his face among leaves.

penthos From the web:

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