Definition of sad Sad
/sæˈd/ - [satd] - sad
We found 24 definitions of sad from 6 different sources.
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What does sad mean?
WordNet
Adjectivesad, sadder, saddest |
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| sad - 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 | ||
| glad feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth" | ||
| bittersweet tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending" | ||
| doleful, mournful filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news" | ||
| heavyhearted depressed | ||
| melancholic, melancholy characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" | ||
| wistful, pensive showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty" | ||
| tragical, tragic very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident" | ||
| sad - of things that make you feel sad; "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 | ||
| sorrowful experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 | ||
| sad - bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" | ||
| deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sorry | ||
| bad feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sad (Adjective)
Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary. - sad (Adjective)
Steadfast, valiant. - sad (Adjective)
Dignified, serious, grave. - sad (Adjective)
Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull. - sad (Adjective)
Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. - sad (Adjective)
Appearing sorrowful. - sad (Adjective)
Causing sorrow; lamentable. - sad (Adjective)
Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor. - sad (Adjective)
Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable. - sad (Adjective)
soggy to refer to pastries.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sad (supperl.)
Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. - sad (supperl.)
Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. - sad (supperl.)
Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. - sad (supperl.)
Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. - sad (supperl.)
Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. - sad (supperl.)
Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. - sad (supperl.)
Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. - sad (v. t.)
To make sorrowful; to sadden.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sad
Feeling mentally uncomfortable because something is missing or wrong.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sad
sad (comp. Sad′der, superl. Sad′dest), adj. sorrowful: serious: cast down: calamitous: weary: sombre: stiff: doughy: dejected: troublesome: sober, dark-coloured: (obs.) ponderous, heavy.—v.t. to grieve.—v.t. Sad′den, to make sad: to render heavy: to grow hard.—v.i. to grow sad.—adjs. Sad′-eyed (Shak.), having an expression of sadness in the eyes; Sad′-faced (Shak.), having an expression of sadness in the face; Sad′-heart′ed (Shak.), having the heart full of sadness.—adv. Sad′ly.—n. Sad′ness. [A.S. sæd, sated, weary; cf. Dut. zat, Ger. satt; L. sat, satis.]
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🔤- sad, verb, present, 1st person singular of sad (infinitive).
- sad, verb (infinitive).
- sad, adjective.
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