"sadnesses" in the noun sense
1. sadness, unhappiness
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
2. sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness
the state of being sad
"she tired of his perpetual sadness"
3. gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness
the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
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