sadness

a mixture of sadness and humor

the sempiternal sadness of the industrial background.

Sadness closed on him.

There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.

a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth.

there was an unutterable sadness around Medina del Campo.

have mixed feelings of sadness and pleasure

An odor of sadness permeated the gathering.

What's the reason for his sadness?

Their baby's death aroused great sadness in them.

The old building had an intangible air of sadness about it.

he reflected with sadness on the unhappiness of his marriage.

a deep feeling of sadness washed over her.

A feeling of sadness runs through his poetry.

His book commingles sarcasm and sadness.

One of many sadnesses in his life was that he never had children.

his professional contentment was muted by personal sadness at the death of his mother.

The two studies reify gender stereotypes: women get their hearts broken through sadness;

His speech struck a note of sadness when he mentioned those who had died in the war.

The two studies reify gender stereotypes: women get their hearts broken through sadness;men \"break\" their hearts (via heart attack) through anger.