English-Italian translations for sadness

• malinconia
  Per i popoli, significa malinconia, tristezza, sconforto, paura, angoscia e disperazione. This translates as melancholy, sadness, distress, fear, anxiety and despair for the people.
  Penso che molti siano contenti che ci si trasferisca in un nuovo emiciclo; molti invece assistono oggi alla loro ultima seduta, e questo suscita in noi un po' di malinconia. I think that many people will be glad if we can then move into a new Chamber, but for quite a few this is also their last day's sitting and it is no doubt an occasion tinged with sadness.
• tristezza
  molti furono travolti in un oceano di tristezza. Many engulfed in an ocean of sadness.
  Mi dispiace dirlo, e lo dico con tristezza. I am sorry to say this; I say it in sadness.
  - (EN) Signora Presidente, reagisco con tristezza, non con rabbia. Madam President, I rise in sadness, and not in anger.

Definition of sadness

• The state or emotion of being sad
• An event in one's life that causes sadness

Examples

• She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years

Related words

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