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sad

[ sad ]

/ sæd /

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adjective, sad·der, sad·dest.

affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.

expressive of or characterized by sorrow: sad looks;a sad song.

causing sorrow: a sad disappointment;sad news.

(of color) somber, dark, or dull; drab.

deplorably bad; sorry: a sad attempt.

Obsolete. firm or steadfast.

OTHER WORDS FOR sad

1 unhappy, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, depressed, dejected, melancholy.

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OPPOSITES FOR sad

1 happy.

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Origin of sad

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English sæd “grave, heavy, weary,” originally “sated, full”; cognate with German satt, Gothic saths “full, satisfied”; akin to Latin satis “enough,” satur “sated,” Greek hádēn “enough.” See satiate, saturate

OTHER WORDS FROM sad

sad·ly, adverbsad·ness, noun

Words nearby sad

sacristy, sacro-, sacroiliac, sacrosanct, sacrum, sad, sadaqat, Sadat, Sadat, Anwar, sad case, Saddam Hussein

Other definitions for sad (2 of 3)

SAD

seasonal affective disorder.

Other definitions for sad (3 of 3)

sād

[ sahd ]

/ sɑd /

noun

the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

Origin of sād

From Arabic

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How to use sad in a sentence

“I’m personally sad that two parents would be out to ruin a program, ruin people’s livelihoods because their children didn’t work hard enough or made mistakes,” Clark said.
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The sad part is that when talking about this topic, I noticed how hard it actually is for Googlers to get the SEO community to change our ways.
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In a blog post, Amazon simply says that “positivity” measures how happy or sad a voice sounds.
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“Rather than do a watered-down, sad version of our television show with one person in a 2,000-square-foot set with nobody in the background, let’s just shift it at home,” said Bishop.
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This is especially interesting when comparing it to unemployment searches, which is a very sad side effect of the economy shut down.
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Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
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Haha, what a sad thing to be great at, but yeah, I guess I am.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
‘Downton Abbey’ Review: A Fire, Some Sex, and Sad, Sad Edith|Kevin Fallon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic.
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The sad end of the mission to King M'Bongo has been narrated in the body of this work.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
All through the sad duties of the next four days Felipe was conscious of the undercurrent of this premonition.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
She looked up at him with sad and eloquent eyes, which softened his heart in spite of himself.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
It was a sad day for Ramona and Alessandro when the kindly Hyers pulled up their tent-stakes and left the valley.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Somehow it made me feel sad to hear it, and a sense of the transitoriness of things came over me.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay

British Dictionary definitions for sad (1 of 2)

sad

/ (sæd) /

adjective sadder or saddest

feeling sorrow; unhappy

causing, suggestive, or expressive of such feelingsa sad story

unfortunate; unsatisfactory; shabby; deplorableher clothes were in a sad state

British informal ludicrously contemptible; pathetiche's a sad, boring little wimp

(of pastry, cakes, etc) not having risen fully; heavy

(of a colour) lacking brightness; dull or dark

archaic serious; grave

verb

NZ to express sadness or displeasure strongly

Derived forms of sad

sadly, adverbsadness, noun

Word Origin for sad

Old English sæd weary; related to Old Norse sathr, Gothic saths, Latin satur, satis enough

British Dictionary definitions for sad (2 of 2)

SAD

abbreviation for

seasonal affective disorder

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