Friday, January 12, 2007
Sad: The definition /7:22 PM
Everybody feels down once in a while.
sad
/sæd/
Pronunciation Key -
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Pronunciation Key -
Show IPA Pronunciation–adjective, sad·der, sad·dest.
1.
affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
2.
expressive of or characterized by sorrow: sad looks; a sad song.
3.
causing sorrow: a sad disappointment; sad news.
4.
(of color) somber, dark, or dull; drab.
5.
deplorably bad; sorry: a sad attempt.
6.
Obsolete. firm or steadfast.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE sæd grave, heavy, weary, orig. sated, full; c. G satt, Goth saths full, satisfied; akin to L satis enough, satur sated, Gk hádén enough. See
satiate,
saturate] —Related forms
sadly, adverb
sadness, noun
—Synonyms 1. unhappy, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, depressed, dejected, melancholy.
—Antonyms 1. happy.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus -
Cite This SourceMain Entry:
sad
Part of Speech:
adjective 1
Definition:
unhappy
Synonyms:
bereaved,
bitter,
blue*,
cheerless,
dejected,
depressed,
despairing,
despondent,
disconsolate,
dismal,
distressed,
doleful,
down,
downcast,
forlorn,
gloomy,
glum,
grief-stricken,
grieved,
heartbroken,
heartsick,
heavy-hearted,
hurting,
in doldrums*,
in grief,
languishing,
low,
low-spirited,
lugubrious,
melancholy,
morbid,
morose,
mournful,
pensive,
pessimistic,
somber,
sorrowful,
sorry,
troubled,
weeping,
wistful,
woebegoneAntonyms:
cheerful,
happySource: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)Copyright © 2007 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.* = informal or slang
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