Sad"ness, n. 1. Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.]

2. Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.]

Her sadness and her benignity.

3. Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.

Dim sadness did not spare
That time celestial visages.

Syn. -- Sorrow; heaviness; dejection. See Grief.

Sad"ness, n. 1. Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.]

2. Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.]

Her sadness and her benignity.

3. Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.

Dim sadness did not spare
That time celestial visages.

Syn. -- Sorrow; heaviness; dejection. See Grief.

• (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  
• (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
        She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.