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| 1. | [ adjective ] experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness | |
| Examples: | "feeling sad because his dog had died" "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti |
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| Related terms: | glad tragic melancholy doleful bittersweet tragicomic heavyhearted wistful pensive depressing | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] bad; unfortunate | |
| Synonyms: | deplorable sorry pitiful lamentable distressing | |
| Examples: | "my finances were in a deplorable state" "a lamentable decision" "her clothes were in sad shape" "a sorry state of affairs" |
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| Related terms: | bad | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent | |
| Synonyms: | unhappy | |
| Examples: | "unhappy over her departure" "unhappy with her raise" "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence" "had an unhappy time at school" "the unhappy (or sad) news" |
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| Related terms: | happy bad miserable homesick lovesick sorrowful dysphoric discontented dejected joyless infelicitous cheerless happiness happiness | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] of things that make you feel sad | |
| Examples: | "sad news" "she doesn't like sad movies" "it was a very sad story" "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti |
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| Related terms: | sorrowful | |
| 5. | [ verb ] make unhappy; 'The news of her death saddened me' | |
| Synonyms: | sadden | |
| Related terms: | gladden affect weigh_down sadden | |
| Similar spelling: |
said Sade Sada Saad Saudi Saidi saida Saeed Sadye Sadie sadhu sadhe Saade Sat saddhu Sato sate saute satie Saito |
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