sadness, unhappiness

emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

• dolefulness — sadness caused by grief or affliction
• melancholy — a feeling of thoughtful sadness
• misery — a feeling of intense unhappiness
• forlornness, loneliness, desolation — sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
• weepiness, tearfulness — sadness expressed by weeping
• sorrow — an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
• sorrow, regret, ruefulness — sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
• cheerlessness, uncheerfulness — a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
• depression — sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
• downheartedness, low-spiritedness, dispiritedness — a feeling of lowness of spirits

• feeling — the psychological feature of experiencing affective and emotional states