| 词组 | sadness |
| 释义 | sadness /ˈsædnəs, ˈsædnɪs/ noun [U] the state of feeling sadadjectivesgreat/deep sadness It was with great sadness that we learned of his death.overwhelming sadness (=so great that you cannot think about or do anything else) Claudia felt an overwhelming sadness – she could not bear the thought of losing him.verbsfeel sadness I remember the sadness I felt when I realised she was not there anymore.phrasesa sense/feeling/air of sadness She was left with a deep sense of sadness and sorrow.a touch/hint of sadness (=a little sadness) There was a touch of sadness in her voice.be tinged with sadness (=have some sadness as well as joy) His pleasure at winning the award is tinged with sadness because his mother, Joanna, isn’t there to see him.be full of sadness/be filled with sadness Yesterday my heart was full of sadness.THESAURUS: sadness unhappiness the unhappy feeling you have when you are in a very difficult or unpleasant situation, especially when this lasts for a long time: After years of unhappiness, she finally decided to leave him. | She was a tense, nervous young woman, whose deep unhappiness was obvious to all those around her. | You do not know how much pain and unhappiness you have caused. sorrow written the feeling of being very sad, especially because someone has died or because terrible things have happened to you: There seemed to be nowhere to go to be alone with her sorrow. | His voice was full of sorrow. | His heart was filled with great sorrow after her death. misery great unhappiness, caused especially by living or working in very bad conditions: The cold weather is with us again and the misery of the homeless is increasing. | They have brought death and human misery on a massive scale. | Thousands of families were destined to a life of misery. | This woman caused so much misery and I'm glad she's gone. despair a feeling of great unhappiness, because very bad things have happened and you have no hope that anything will change: At the end of the month, she still had no job and was tired, frustrated, and close to despair. | She cried out in despair. | After the game he was in a state of deep despair. | I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night filled with despair. grief great sadness that you feel when someone you love has died: He was overcome with grief when his wife died. heartache a strong feeling of great sadness, especially because you miss someone you love: She remembered the heartache of the first Christmas spent away from her sons. depression a mental illness that makes someone feel so unhappy that they have no energy or hope for the future, and they cannot live a normal life: He slipped into a depression in which he hardly ate or even left his room. | My husband suffers from depression. melancholy literary a feeling of sadness, especially one that affects a place, person etc without any obvious reason: Modigliani expressed his melancholy through his painting. | His music is full of melancholy. | Danskin was sitting up in bed staring at them with an expression of deep melancholy. despondency formal a feeling of being very unhappy and without hope: She felt useless, and this contributed to her feelings of despondency. |
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