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For other uses, see SAD.
Sadness is an emotion characterized by feelings of disadvantage, loss, and helplessness. When sad, people often become quiet, less energetic, and withdrawn. Sadness is considered to be the opposite of happiness, and is similar to the emotions of sorrow, grief, misery, and melancholy. The philosopher Baruch Spinoza defined sadness as the “transfer of a person from a large perfection to a smaller one.” Sadness can be viewed as a temporary lowering of mood (colloquially called "feeling blue"), whereas clinical depression is characterized by a persistent and intense lowered mood, as well as disruption to one's ability to function in day to day matters. The word 'sad' is also used as a derogatory slang term and may refer to something, an opinion or a pursuit that is considered unfashionable or questionable by the majority of people but is relentlessly pursued in any case. For example the hobby of trainspotting (the collection of train identification numbers) has been considered by a large majority of people to be 'sad'. The wearing of unfashionable clothing is another example of what may also be considered 'sad'. Sources
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