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sad
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- pronunciation:
- saed
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part of speech: |
adjective |
inflections: |
sadder, saddest |
definition 1: |
unhappy or without joy.
Steve was so sad when his dog died.
- synonyms:
- blue, depressed, low, melancholy, unhappy
- antonyms:
- cheerful, glad, joyful, joyous, merry, sunny
- similar words:
- dejected, down, downcast, gloomy, heavy
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definition 2: |
causing unhappiness.
The movie had a sad ending.- synonyms:
- gloomy, melancholy, unhappy
- antonyms:
- joyful, joyous
- similar words:
- dismal, distressing, painful, unfortunate
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related words: |
bad, desolate, melancholy, pathetic, somber, tragic |
derivations: |
sadly (adv.), sadness (n.) |
The word sad has been part of the English language for many centuries but did not mean "unhappy" until the 1300s. In Old English, "sad" meant "satisfied." Later, it came to mean "tired or weary of."
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feeling sad |
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black, bleak, blue, dark, dismal, down, downcast, dreary, gloomy, glum, heartbroken, heavy, lonely, lonesome, low, miserable, somber, sorry, sullen, unhappy |
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