sad

sad

adj \ˈsad\

sad·dersad·dest

Definition of SAD

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 — C. W. Cunnington> c : of little worth

2

: of a dull somber color

— sad·ly adverb

— sad·ness noun

Examples of SAD

1. He's feeling sad because his pet died.
2. People were sad that he was leaving.
3. The experience left her sadder but wiser.
4. Have you heard the sad news about his wife's illness?
5. It'll be a sad day when you leave us.
6. a movie with a sad ending
7. He lived a sad life.
8. The sad fact of the matter is that they are right.
9. The new version is a sad imitation of the original movie.
10. We needed more money but, sad to say, there wasn't any.

Origin of SAD

Middle English, from Old English sæd sated; akin to Old High German sat sated, Latin satis enough

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to SAD

Synonyms: 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

Antonyms: blissful, buoyant, buoyed, cheerful, cheery, chipper, delighted, glad, gladdened, gladsome, gleeful, happy, joyful, joyous, jubilant, sunny, upbeat

Related Words: aggrieved, distressed, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, worried; despairing, hopeless, sunk; disappointed, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited; suicidal; dolorous, lachrymose, lugubrious, plaintive, tearful; regretful, rueful; agonized, anguished, grieving, wailing, weeping; black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, desolate, dismal, drear, dreary, elegiac (also elegiacal), funereal, gray (also grey), morbid, morose, murky, saturnine, somber (or sombre), sullen

Near Antonyms: ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, overjoyed, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical); blithe, blithesome, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, lightsome, merry, mirthful; excited, thrilled; hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine; encouraged, heartened; animated, bouncing, energetic, frisky, jaunty, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy; content, gratified, pleased, satisfied; beaming, grinning, laughing, smiling; boon, carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned

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Rhymes with SAD

ad, add, bad, brad, cad, chad, Chad, clad, dad, fad, gad, Gad, glad, grad, lad, mad, pad, plaid, rad, scad, shad, tad, trad