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   sad

   /sad/

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy: "I was sad and subdued" Similar unhappysorrowfuldejectedregretfuldepresseddowncastmiserabledownhearteddowndespondentdespairingdisconsolateout of sortsdesolatebowed downwretchedglumgloomydolefuldismalbluemelancholymelancholiclow-spiritedmournfulwoefulwoebegoneforlorncrestfallenbroken-heartedheartbrokeninconsolablegrief-strickeninformal:down in the mouthdown in the dumpsOpposite happycheerful
   • ▪ causing or characterized by sorrow or regret; unfortunate and regrettable: "he told her the sad story of his life" Similar tragicunhappyunfortunateawfulsorrowfulmiserablecheerlesswretchedsorrypitifulpitiablegrievoustraumaticupsettingdepressingdistressingdispiritingheartbreakingheart-rendingagonizingharrowingrare:distressfulunfortunateregrettablesorrywretcheddeplorablelamentablepitifulpitiablepatheticshamefuldisgracefulOpposite cheerfulamusingcomicfortunate
   • 2. pathetically inadequate or unfashionable: informal "the show is tongue-in-cheek—anyone who takes it seriously is a bit sad"
   • 3. (of dough) heavy through having failed to rise.

   Word Origin Old Englishsæd ‘sated, weary’, also ‘weighty, dense’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zat and German satt, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin satis ‘enough’. The original meaning was replaced in Middle English by the senses ‘steadfast, firm’ and ‘serious, sober’, and later ‘sorrowful’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. saddish adjective

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