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Answer for the clue "Sadness caused by grief or affliction ", 11 letters:
dolefulness

Word definitions for dolefulness in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Doleful \Dole"ful\, a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. With screwed face and doleful whine. --South. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. --Milton. Syn: Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. sadness caused by grief or affliction

Usage examples of dolefulness.

Not that nature was reinforcing the dolefulness, that old pathetic fallacy.