sadness

Definitions

1. 1.Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.] Her sadness and her benignity. Chaucer.
2. 2.Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection. Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages. Milton. See Grief.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.] Her sadness and her benignity. Chaucer called?
• What is quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection. Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages. Milton. See Grief called?