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# sadness

«sadness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the feeling of being unhappy, often after losing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sadness — usually uncountable; sadnesses — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sadness is the feeling of being unhappy, often after losing something or someone, or when things go wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#m1)

2) Sadness can be a small feeling or a big, heavy one that lasts a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, sadness is a normal emotion everyone has; it can show as crying, being quiet or not wanting to play. Talking to a trusted adult, a friend or a pet helps, and sadness usually gets smaller over time. If sadness lasts a long time, an adult or doctor can help. In stories, sadness shows when characters lose a pet or move away. Phrases: feel sadness, full of sadness, a sense of sadness, happiness and sadness.

### examples

- She felt great sadness when her dog died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x1)
- It's okay to feel sadness sometimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x2)
- His sadness showed on his face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x3)
- Talking about your sadness can help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x4)
- The song was full of sadness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x5)
- Her sadness slowly turned into hope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x6)
- We felt sadness on the last day of school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x7)
- Sadness, anger and joy are all feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x8)
- It was during one of these attacks of sadness that a jelly-fish happened to swim by. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x9)

### note

Uncountable: «a lot of sadness», not «sadnesses». Adjective: sad; adverb: sadly. Sadness is not weakness; boys and girls, children and adults all feel sad.

### In the corpora

- [The sadness after a death is called grief.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/5/)
- [The anniversary of a death often brings the sadness back strongly; families may light a candle, visit the grave or share stories.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/16/)
- [Grown-ups have all the same feelings children have: anger, sadness, fear, loneliness, jealousy, embarrassment and pride.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/0/)
- [Crying at music, from happiness or sadness, is normal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/16/)
- [Faces show basic feelings such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sadness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.