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.

Nearby words

sacrosciatic, sacrospinal, sacrotransverse position, sacrovertebral, sacrum, sad, sad case, sad sack, sad tree, sad-faced, sadaqat

Origin of sad

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

SYNONYMS FOR sad

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

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ANTONYMS FOR sad

1 happy.

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Related forms

sad·ly, adverbsad·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for sadness

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
Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”
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Whenever I look for a vein of sadness in Oliona it melts away.
Russia’s Gold Digger Academy|Peter Pomerantsev|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His sadness over her descent into shooting up after managing to stay clean for a period is palpable.
Janis Joplin’s Kozmic Blues|William O’Connor|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The film often floats back and forth between these moments of satire and sadness.
‘Force Majeure’ and the Swedish Family Vacation From Hell|Alex Suskind|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What sadness and difficulty may not his noble and generous spirit have had to encounter!
Alida|Amelia Stratton Comfield
His deportment was invariably grave; it was sobriety that stopped short of sadness.
Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3.|Benson J. Lossing
Some women's faces are in their brightness a prophecy, and some in their sadness a history.
Oriental Women|Edward Bagby Pollard
And you, when you remember to-day, dont let it be a memory only of sadness; but of my gratitude—my wondering gratitude.
Paths of Judgement|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Wealth and honor and power were nothing to him; his life was tinged with sadness that nothing could cure.
The Martyr of the Catacombs|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for sadness (1 of 2)

SAD

abbreviation for

seasonal affective disorder

British Dictionary definitions for sadness (2 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

sadly, adverbsadness, noun

Word Origin for sad

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

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Medicine definitions for sadness

SAD

abbr.

seasonal affective disorder