sadden

Meaning

1. (transitive) To make sad or unhappy.
2. (intransitive, rare) To become sad or unhappy.
3. (rare, transitive) To darken a color during dyeing.
4. (transitive) To render heavy, hard, or cohesive; to compress or thicken.

Synonyms

grieve

distress

upset

depress

make sad

darken

be sad

afflict

hurt

mourn

be sorrowful

cloud

☁️

be gloomy

lament

sorrow

complain

be melancholy

dishearten

discourage

disappoint

pain

touch

trouble

weep

wound

be depressed

be oppressed

be unhappy

be in sorrow

be mournful

be sorrow-stricken

hurt one’s feeling

bemoan

bewail

burn

cry

😢

deject

desolate

exercise

irritate

moan

mope

move

oppress

overshadow

provoke

regret

set on fire

shade

shadow

Translations

attrister

rattristare

betrüben

entristecer

affliger

martoriare

μελαγχολώ

entristecer

chagriner

rattristarsi

se chagriner

peiner

entristir

s’affliger

désoler

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsædən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: saddenen

In summary

From Middle English saddenen, equivalent to sad + -en.