sorrowfulness

Plural: sorrowfulnesses

Noun

• the state of being sad
• a state of gloomy sorrow
• The quality or state of sorrow; sadness.

Synonyms

mournfulness, ruthfulness, sadness, sorrow, blueness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness, downheartedness, drearihead, forlornness, grief, heartsore, ill-being, infelicity, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mishappiness, mourn, prosternation, regret, rue, ruth, sorrowfulness, tristfulness, undelight, unhappiness, woe, woefare, wretchedness