From Middle English sadnesse sad -ness
sadness (countable and uncountable plural sadnesses
( uncountable ) emotion of being sad .
Synonyms: forlornness melancholy see also Thesaurus:sadness c. 1602 The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladnesssadness .
1707 John Dunton , “Mourning Joy: or a Paradox in Praiſe of Sadneſs ”, in Athenian Sport[ :] [ ] , page 423 :I mean not then under the name of Sadneſs Lycian Law, that bound theſe kind of Lamenters to be array'd like Women: [ …]
( countable ) life that causes sadness.
Synonyms: misfortune woe see also Thesaurus:woe She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.
state/emotion
Arabic: حُزْن m ( ḥuzn )
Egyptian Arabic: اسف m ( asaf )
Armenian: տխրություն (hy) ( txrutʻyun ) , թախիծ (hy) ( tʻaxic )
Assamese: বেজাৰ ( bezar ) , দুখ ( dukh )
Asturian: tristura f
Azerbaijani: kədər (az) , hüzn
Bashkir: моң ( moñ ) , һағыш ( hağış ) , эс бошоу ( es boşow ) , бошонҡолоҡ ( boşonqoloq )
Belarusian: печа́ль f ( pječálʹ ) , сму́так m ( smútak )
Bengali: দুঃখ (bn) ( dukkho ) , দেরেগ (bn) ( dereg ) , গোসা (bn) ( gōśa ) , নারাজী ( naraji ) , বেজার (bn) ( bejar )
Berber:
Tashelhit: taguḍi f
Breton: tristidigezh (br) f
Bulgarian: скръб (bg) f ( skrǎb ) , печа́л (bg) f ( pečál )
Catalan: tristesa (ca) f tristor (ca) f
Cebuano: kasubo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 悲傷 ／ 悲伤 (zh) ( bēishāng ) , 悲哀 (zh) ( bēi'āi )
Czech: smutek (cs) m
Danish: tristhed c bedrøvelse c sørgmodighed c
Dutch: verdriet (nl) n droefenis (nl) f
Esperanto: malĝojo
Estonian: kurbus
Farefare: sũ-sã'aŋɔ
Finnish: surullisuus (fi)
French: tristesse (fr) f
Galician: tristeza (gl) f
Georgian: ნაღველი ( naɣveli ) , მწუხარება ( mc̣uxareba ) , მოწყენილობა ( moc̣q̇eniloba ) , სევდა ( sevda )
German: Traurigkeit (de) f
Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 f ( aglō ) , 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐍉 f ( trigō )
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 (ja) ( かなしみ, kanashimi )
Kazakh: мұң ( mūñ ) , шер ( şer ) , уайым ( uaiym )
Khmer: សេចក្ដីព្រួយ ( səckdəy pruəy )
Kikuyu: kĩeha
Korean: 슬픔 (ko) ( seulpeum )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خەفەت ( xefet )
Lao: ຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າ (lo) ( khuām sōk sao )
Latin: trīstitia f
Latvian: skumjas f pl skumjums m skumība f
Lithuanian: liūdesys (lt) m
Macedonian: тага (mk) f ( taga )
Manx: anghennallys m
Maori: hinapouri matarehu pōuritanga
Middle English: reuþe
Ngazidja Comorian: huzuni class 9 /10
Norwegian: melankoli m Bokmål: sorg (no) m or f vemod n tristhet m or f
Nynorsk: sorg f vemod n
Occitan: tristesa (oc) f tristor (oc) f tristum (oc) m Old Occitan: tristicia f
Old English: drēoriġnes f
Persian: غمگینی (fa) ( ğamgini )
Polish: smutek (pl) m
Portuguese: tristeza (pt) f
Punjabi: ਦੁੱਖ m ( dukkha ) , ਦੁਖ m ( dukh )
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 dubhachas m gruaim f mulad m truime f tùirse f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ту́га f жа̏ло̄ст f
Roman: túga (sh) f žȁlōst (sh) f
Slovak: smútok m zármutok m
Slovene: žalost (sl) f
Spanish: tristeza (es) f
Swahili: huzuni (sw) class 9
Swedish: sorgsenhet (sv) c
Tagalog: lungkot (tl) , kalungkutan
Thai: ความเศร้า (th) ( kwaam sâo ) , ความทุกข์ (th) ( kwaam-túk )
Turkish: üzgünlük (tr) , üzüntü (tr)
Ukrainian: печа́ль f ( pečálʹ ) , сму́ток m ( smútok )
Urdu: دکھ m ( dukh )
Vietnamese: buồn (vi) , sự buồn rầu (vi)
Waray-Waray: kasubo
Welsh: tristwch (cy) m
Western Panjabi: دکھ (pnb) ? ( dkh )
