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. 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”)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sæd/

Etymology

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.