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# sadness

noun (sadness — usually uncountable; sadnesses — rare)

«sadness» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sadness is the feeling of being unhappy, often after losing something or someone, or when things go wrong. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x1)
- It's okay to feel sadness sometimes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x2)
- His sadness showed on his face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x3)
- Talking about your sadness can help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x4)
- The song was full of sadness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x5)
- Her sadness slowly turned into hope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x6)
- We felt sadness on the last day of school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/#x7)
- Sadness, anger and joy are all feelings. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

Ecclesiastes says a sad face can teach and improve the heart better than laughter.

**Interpretation.** The Sages used this to say that thinking about hard things like death leads to wisdom.

### Examples

- Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart may be gladdened. (Writings ECC.7.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sadness/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sadness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sadness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sadness.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sadness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sadness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sadness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sadness.html) on Mova free.