Meaning of sad in English
Classifying Adjective
sadDefinitions
1. of things that make you feel sadExamples
- « sad news »
- « she doesn't like sad movies »
- « it was a very sad story »
- « When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me- Christina Rossetti »
Synonyms
- 2. bad
Examples
- « unfortunate »
- « my finances were in a deplorable state »
- « a lamentable decision »
- « her clothes were in sad shape »
- « a sorry state of affairs »
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
sadEtymology
Old English sæd ‘sated, weary’, also ‘weighty, dense’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zat and German satt, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin satis‘enough’. The original meaning was replaced in Middle English by the senses ‘steadfast, firm’ and ‘serious, sober’, and later ‘sorrowful’Definitions
1. experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappinessExamples
- « feeling sad because his dog had died »
- « Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad- Christina Rossetti »
Synonyms
- bittersweet
- depressing
- depressive
- gloomy
- saddening
- doleful
- mournful
- heavyhearted
- melancholy
- melancholic
- pensive
- wistful
- tragic
- tragical
- tragicomic
- tragicomical
- wistful
- yearning
Antonyms