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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 |
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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" |
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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 |
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[ verb ] make unhappy; 'The news of her death saddened me'
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