noun
1. emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑sadness
• Hypernyms: ↑feeling
• Hyponyms:
↑dolefulness, ↑heaviness, ↑melancholy, ↑misery, ↑forlornness, ↑loneliness, ↑desolation, ↑weepiness, ↑tearfulness, ↑sorrow, ↑regret, ↑rue, ↑ruefulness, ↑cheerlessness, ↑uncheerfulness, ↑depression, ↑downheartedness, ↑dejectedness, ↑low-spiritedness, ↑lowness, ↑dispiritedness
2. state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief
• Ant: ↑happiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unhappy
• Hypernyms: ↑emotional state, ↑spirit
• Hyponyms: ↑embitterment, ↑sadness, ↑sorrow, ↑sorrowfulness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.