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adjective
- 1. feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy: "I was sad and subdued" Similar Opposite
- 2. pathetically inadequate or unfashionable: informal "the show is tongue-in-cheek—anyone who takes it seriously is a bit sad"
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SAD definition: 1. unhappy or sorry: 2. If something looks sad, it looks worse than it should because it is not…. Learn more.
sad: [adjective] affected with or expressive of grief or unhappiness : downcast. causing or associated with grief or unhappiness : depressing. regrettable, deplorable. of little worth.
Sad definition: affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful. See examples of SAD used in a sentence.
sad: 1 adj experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness “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” Synonyms: bittersweet tinged with sadness doleful , mournful filled with or evoking sadness heavyhearted depressed melancholic , ...
11 meanings: 1. feeling sorrow; unhappy 2. causing, suggestive, or expressive of such feelings 3. unfortunate; unsatisfactory;.... Click for more definitions.
unhappy or showing unhappiness. sad to do something We are very sad to hear that you are leaving.; sad that… I was sad that she had to go. sad about something I felt terribly sad about it.; sad at something I won't pretend I'm not slightly sad at the idea of never seeing them again.; sad for somebody/something I felt so sad for her.; She looked sad and tired.
Synonyms: sad, melancholy, sorrowful, doleful, woebegone, desolate These adjectives mean affected with or marked by unhappiness, as that caused by affliction. Sad is the most general: "Better by far you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad" (Christina Rossetti). Melancholy can refer to lingering or habitual somberness or sadness: a melancholy poet's gloomy introspection.Sorrowful applies to emotional pain as that resulting from loss: sorrowful mourners at the ...
SADNESS definition: 1. the feeling of being unhappy, especially because something bad has happened: 2. something that…. Learn more.
Sad definition: Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness.
SYNONYMY NOTE: sad is the simple, general term, ranging in implication from a mild, momentary unhappiness to a feeling of intense grief; sorrowful implies a sadness caused by some specific loss, disappointment, etc. [her death left him sorrowful]; melancholy suggests a more or less chronic mournfulness or gloominess, or, often, merely a wistful pensiveness [melancholy thoughts about the future]; dejected implies discouragement or a sinking of spirits, as because of frustration; depressed ...
