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as in unhappy
feeling unhappiness
movies in which the hero dies always make us feel sad
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as in depressing
causing unhappiness
the sad news about our uncle's death made my father cry
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as in pathetic
deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy)
no one expected the supermodel to be a great actress, but her acting is sad beyond belief
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Recent Examples of sad
Robertson grounds both versions of Niall in a sad-eyed misery, with Bell stepping in and giving the character grace notes of humor that don’t always seem to fit the story.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Use the Tall-Medium-Trailing Formula for Corners Got a sad, empty corner on your patio or porch?
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Fill Empty Corners With Layers Got a sad, empty corner on your porch or patio?
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
The sad thing is annoying kids become annoying adults.
—Mac Engel
april 20, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Use the Tall-Medium-Trailing Formula for Corners Got a sad, empty corner on your patio or porch?
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Fill Empty Corners With Layers Got a sad, empty corner on your porch or patio?
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
The sad thing is annoying kids become annoying adults.
—Mac Engel
april 20, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sad
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Fast-forward to the April 7 special election brought to a ballot by residents unhappy with the changes.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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One of them, Amy, a blond child with limp ponytails and a thin dress that looks like it might have been stained, stands outside a porch door, her fists balled up, mouth open, angry or unhappy or both.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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Floyd’s sincerity, the startling extremity of his concern for the comfort of others, snaps Clark out of his depressed, and depressing, complacency.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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That’s already a depressing number.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Even without Bosa, 20 sacks is a pathetic number for a franchise that through the years has included fearsome edge players such as Tommy Hart, Cedrick Hardman, Charles Haley and Aldon Smith.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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With Juan Soto still sidelined, Alvarez has recently moved up to fifth in a so-far pathetic Mets lineup.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Based on the 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic follows the witchy women of the Owens’ family, whose heartbroken ancestor cursed their bloodline so that any man who falls in love with an Owens woman dies a tragic death.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Instead, Janai Norman — the warm, radiant presence who had become the heart of weekend Good Morning America — said goodbye through a tearful Instagram video on April 3 that left loyal viewers blindsided and heartbroken.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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Behind these heartbreaking details is trauma that is difficult to comprehend.—
Kathryn Spearman,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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Angela, Lake Mary, MN Angela's situation is heartbreaking.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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These two beacons of truth and connoisseurs of mess have been bonded for over a decade, sharing the traumas of a crappy Boston dorm room and a pitiful Brooklyn dating scene.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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Most of the time, experts say, vaguebooking boils down to a pitiful plea for attention on the part of the poster.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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The father, Jagdish, told me that one of his children was vomiting and the other had bloody stools; both were depressed.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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So why are young Americans so depressed about their economic future?—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
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Even before the president set off this unfortunate round of gerrymandering, Democratic states such as New York and Illinois were already heavily gerrymandered.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Apr. 2026
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He’s beaten by thugs with a crowbar for an unfortunate outburst, exploited by neighbors in the council estate and arrested, all because people don’t understand Tourette syndrome.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Sad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sad. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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