sad
1 Americanadjective
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affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful.
to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- Synonyms:
- melancholy, dejected, depressed, downhearted, downcast, gloomy, discouraged, disconsolate, despondent, unhappy
- Antonyms:
- happy
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expressive of or characterized by sorrow.
sad looks;
a sad song.
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causing sorrow.
a sad disappointment;
sad news.
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(of color) somber, dark, or dull; drab.
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deplorably bad; sorry.
a sad attempt.
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Obsolete. firm or steadfast.
noun
adjective
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feeling sorrow; unhappy
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causing, suggestive, or expressive of such feelings
a sad story
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unfortunate; unsatisfactory; shabby; deplorable
her clothes were in a sad state
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informal ludicrously contemptible; pathetic
he's a sad, boring little wimp
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(of pastry, cakes, etc) not having risen fully; heavy
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(of a colour) lacking brightness; dull or dark
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archaic serious; grave
verb
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
- sadly adverb
- sadness noun
Etymology
Origin of sad1
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
Origin of sād2
From Arabic
Example Sentences
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She said some had attended the workshops but "we didn't have an awful lot of hairdressers, which is sad".
From BBC
The blue Luma said it best in the first “Mario” movie: “Life is sad, prison is sad, life in prison is very, very sad.”
From Los Angeles Times
“I used to wonder where tears come from endlessly when we are sad,” said Rai, sitting at the riverside restaurant she built on the highway to Rangpo.
I’m sad it’s retreated a little bit, but I think it has to start behind the camera.
From Los Angeles Times
When news broke that Mr. Woods had been involved in another car accident, I was sad more than surprised.
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