sadder; saddest
1
a
: affected with or expressive of grief or unhappiness : downcast
b(1)
: causing or associated with grief or unhappiness : depressing
sad news
(2)
: regrettable, deplorable
a sad relaxation of morals—
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c
: of little worth
2
: of a dull somber color
sadness
noun
seasonal affective disorder
Synonyms
Adjective
- bad
- blue
- brokenhearted
- cast down
- crestfallen
- dejected
- depressed
- despondent
- disconsolate
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- down in the mouth
- droopy
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- hangdog
- heartbroken
- heartsick
- heartsore
- heavyhearted
- inconsolable
- joyless
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miserable
- mournful
- saddened
- sorrowful
- sorry
- unhappy
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
Examples of sad in a Sentence
Adjective
He's feeling sad because his pet died.
People were sad that he was leaving.
The experience left her sadder but wiser.
Have you heard the sad news about his wife's illness?
It'll be a sad day when you leave us.
a movie with a sad ending
He lived a sad life.
The sad fact of the matter is that they are right.
The new version is a sad imitation of the original movie.
We needed more money but, sad to say, there wasn't any.
Recent Examples on the WebAdam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
The 20-year-old sad sierreño star will play at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Oct. 12.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Part of the sad reality is that the manjuarí is alone.
—Discover Magazine, 20 June 2024
Later that night, after Ramirez was shot, the night staff at Jimbo’s rushed to Ramirez’s aid, sad the manager.
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Adjective
His sad decline and permanent place in purgatory—in which he’s joined, for other reasons, by Pete Rose—is typical of our obsessively punitive time.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
The 20-year-old sad sierreño star will play at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Oct. 12.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Part of the sad reality is that the manjuarí is alone.
—Discover Magazine, 20 June 2024
Later that night, after Ramirez was shot, the night staff at Jimbo’s rushed to Ramirez’s aid, sad the manager.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024
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“Sad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sad. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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sad
adjective
sadder; saddest
1
: filled with or expressing grief or unhappiness
sad songs
2
: causing grief or unhappiness : depressing
sad news
sadly
adverb
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