gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness
(noun) the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
sadness, unhappiness
(noun) emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness
(noun) the state of being sad; “she tired of his perpetual sadness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sadness (countable and uncountable, plural sadnesses)
(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
Synonyms: forlornness, melancholy
(countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
Synonyms: misfortune, woe
Source: Wiktionary
Sad"ness, n.
1. Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.]
2. Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.] Her sadness and her benignity. Chaucer.
3. Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection. Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages. Milton.
Syn.
– Sorrow; heaviness; dejection. See Grief.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
