Sadness

Sad·ness

Sadness

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.