sad

Meaning

Adj

1. Emotionally negative.
2. Emotionally negative.
3. Emotionally negative.
4. Emotionally negative.
5. Emotionally negative.
6. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
7. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
8. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
9. (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
10. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
11. (dialectal) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
12. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

Verb

To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).

Noun

Alternative form of saad (“Arabic letter”).

Intj

Expressing contempt, ridicule or disgust; bah!

Opposite of

cheerful, gleeful, happy, upbeat, dejected, depressed, discontented, dissatisfied, gloomy, miserable, sad, unhappy, decent

Synonyms

sorrowful

melancholy

unhappy

☹️

depressed

gloomy

mournful

doleful

miserable

dejected

grievous

dismal

sorry

downcast

dreary

pitiful

gaunt

dispirited

grieved

cheerless

regretful

disappointed

😞

despondent

pathetic

plaintive

morose

somber

disconsolate

melancholic

distressed

blue

unfortunate

woeful

mourn

afflicted

downhearted

depressing

bleak

deplorable

sorrow

pitiable

joyless

tragic

pensive

😔

wretched

grieve

glum

down

distressing

crestfallen

sullen

Translations

triste

☹️

triste

☹️

traurig

☹️

triste

☹️

triste

☹️

betrübt

treurig

☹️

trist

☹️

verdrietig

☹️

afflitto

tristis

☹️

droevig

☹️

déçu

😞

affligé

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sæd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sad

Inherited from Old English: sæd

Cognate with Western Frisian: sêd

Cognate with Dutch: zat

Cognate with German: satt

In summary

From Middle English sad, from Old English sæd (“satisfied, full, sated, unable to handle more, weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *sad, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated, satisfied”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”).
Cognate to Saterland Frisian sääd, West Frisian sêd, Dutch zat, German Low German satt, German satt.

Sentences

The office paint was a dull , sad tan .

Why does the ice cream truck keep playing such a sad song “ send in the clowns”?