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SADNESSES
Noun
sadnesses
plural of sadness
Source: Wiktionary
SADNESS
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
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