noun as in strong fondness

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Example:Listening to the gloomy music brought a feeling of melancholy over the room.

Definition:A feeling of pensive sadness, reminiscent of sorrow but less intense than it.

From melancholy

Example:The atmosphere of the room became quite dowdiness after the storm.

Definition:A bleak, dull, or depressing quality.

From dowdiness

Example:He returned home in a sullenness of mood, not in the best of moods to talk.

Definition:A state or quality of being gloomy; sulky or resentful.

From sullenness

Example:The news of the company’s losses brought about a wave of depressiveness.

Definition:A state of feeling sad and pessimistic.

From depressiveness