noun
the quality, state, or an instance of being sad
her feelings of sadness and longing persisted long after he left
Synonyms: blues, dejection, depression, dinge, (the) dismals, (the) dolefuls, dumps, dysphoria, gloom, heavyheartedness, melancholy, mopes, mournfulness, suds, unhappiness
Related Word: dispiritedness, doldrums, downcastness, downheartedness, downs, ||funk, listlessness, moodiness; anguish, grief, sorrow, sorrowfulness, woe; desolation, disconsolateness, disconsolation, forlornness, misery, mourning; blue devils, despondency, hopelessness, megrims, melancholia
Idioms: slough of despond
Contrasted words: happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness; cheerfulness, cheeriness, gayness, lightheartedness, liveliness; exhilaration, ups
Antonyms: gladness