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[ 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 Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He knew the faces of all , hairy or shaven , old or young , fat or thin , suffering or hardened , sad or gay , good or bad . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)She made him sad some days , and he was never sure why ; it was something to do with her back , the thinness of_it , and the quick , jerky way she bent . For_the_first_time , he let himself be sad about the move . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)`` Of the humans we left at the equator , one has discorporated and the others are sad '' . `` They should not be sad . Related terms glad tragic melancholy doleful bittersweet tragicomic heavyhearted wistful pensive depressing |
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[ adjective ] bad; unfortunate
Synonyms Examples "my finances were in a deplorable state" "a lamentable decision" "her clothes were in sad shape" "a sorry state of affairs" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
Synonyms 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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[ 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 Related terms |
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[ verb ] make unhappy; 'The news of her death saddened me'
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