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Dysphoria vs Sadness - What's the difference?

dysphoria | sadness |

As nouns the difference between dysphoria and sadness

is that dysphoria is a state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety while sadness is the state or emotion of being sad.

dysphoria

English

(wikipedia dysphoria)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety.

    • Antonyms

    * euphoria

    Derived terms

    * dysphoriant * dysphoric

    sadness

    English

    (wikipedia sadness)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  • (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
    • She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.

    Synonyms

    * (state of being sad) forlornness, melancholy * (event causing sadness) misfortune, woe