sadness

Everyday

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 →

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 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 →

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.