sad

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Meaning

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. Soggy (to refer to pastries).
12. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

sorrowful

be sorry

feel sad

full of grief

causing grief

be sad

be grieved

be sorrowful

feel lonely

griefed

grow sad

have mercy

in low spirits

in mourning

sorry for

dumpish

sorrow-stricken

vaporish

be despondent

chap-fallen

low spirited

be downhearted

devoid of festivities

sarrowful

spritless

sorrowstricken

make despondent

neutral-tinted

be despairing

feel troubled

be disappointed

soul-stirring

be concerned about

be in pain

be discouraged

be disheartened

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sæd/

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