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
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.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The exuberant creative highs that fuel International are both devastatingly sad and the best possible farewell.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
In between all the jokes, the film stops more than once to basically lecture on this sad state of affairs, an admirable Sturges-like approach that gets laid on thick, perhaps too thick to merge successfully with the largely comedic rhythm Ansari has established so well.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
The Niners’ 2025 campaign is going to require frequent gut checks, with sky-high peaks that always seem countered with sad-sack lows.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
An image shows the poster comforting her golden retriever who is feeling sad after grandma left.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The exuberant creative highs that fuel International are both devastatingly sad and the best possible farewell.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
In between all the jokes, the film stops more than once to basically lecture on this sad state of affairs, an admirable Sturges-like approach that gets laid on thick, perhaps too thick to merge successfully with the largely comedic rhythm Ansari has established so well.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
The Niners’ 2025 campaign is going to require frequent gut checks, with sky-high peaks that always seem countered with sad-sack lows.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sad
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“Sad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sad. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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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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