Sadness is emotional pain associated with, or characterized by feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, helplessness and sorrow. These feelings of certain things are usually negative. When one is sad, people often become less outspoken, less energetic, and emotional. Crying is often, but not necessarily, an indication of sadness.
Sadness can be viewed as a temporary lowering of mood, whereas depression is more chronic.
Sadness is one of Paul Ekman's "six basic emotions – happy, sad, angry, surprised, afraid, disgusted".
Read more about Sadness: In Childhood, Coping Mechanisms, Pupil Empathy, Cultural Explorations
Famous quotes containing the word sadness:
“The sadness of the women’s movement is that they don’t allow the necessity of love. See, I don’t personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
“A tragedy need not have blood and death: It’s enough ... that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)
“Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 7:3-4.