sadness
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 →
2) Sadness can be a small feeling or a big, heavy one that lasts a long time. tree →
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 →
- It's okay to feel sadness sometimes. tree →
- His sadness showed on his face. tree →
- Talking about your sadness can help. tree →
- The song was full of sadness. tree →
- Her sadness slowly turned into hope. tree →
- We felt sadness on the last day of school. tree →
- Sadness, anger and joy are all feelings. tree →
- It was during one of these attacks of sadness that a jelly-fish happened to swim by. tree →
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.
- The anniversary of a death often brings the sadness back strongly; families may light a candle, visit the grave or share stories.
- Grown-ups have all the same feelings children have: anger, sadness, fear, loneliness, jealousy, embarrassment and pride.
- Crying at music, from happiness or sadness, is normal.
- Faces show basic feelings such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust.
Trees and pragmatics
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