sadden

verb

ˈsa-dᵊn How to pronounce sadden (audio)
Definition of saddennext
as in to depress
to make sad the arrival of winter always saddens me

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Recent Examples of sadden And so the Mississippi River has been this flow of commerce both up and down the river for a long time, but I was really saddened to hear how much of that commerce was people. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026 By the journey’s end, I was incredibly saddened that my Valhalla experience had come to an end after two whole days of driving. — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Ryan Carson, the CEO of Untangle, which provides legal workflow software for divorce attorneys, said in a post on X he was saddened by Petersen’s opinion. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 June 2026 Mahomes’ knee injury saddened him, however. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sadden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sadden
  1. depress
  2. worry
  3. oppress
  4. trouble
  5. burden
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  • The knob twists and depresses like a button (with programmable options for both a short and long press).
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But that’s forcing them to wrestle with the idea that any action taken by a party is illegitimate, anti-democratic rigging — something the other team can use to depress the base.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of depress
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  • Survivors have expressed frustration and worry over growing support for the possession of nuclear weapons for deterrence by the international community, including Japan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But the nanny never worried the Massachusetts mother might be a danger to her children or to herself.
    — Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of worry
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  • Claiming that other people expressing their civil rights is oppressing them, and politicizing what are supposed to be non-partisan parts of how the government works on the state and federal level.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Man oppressed woman legally, economically, socially, educationally, morally, professionally and religiously.
    — Brian DeLay, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of oppress
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  • Flake also said he was troubled by Collins' refusal to acknowledge President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And yet there are other kinds of technological risks that trouble us profoundly.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of trouble
Verb
  • Where The Algorithm Fails My primary focus today is healthcare operations, an industry historically burdened by manual labor, convoluted billing systems and razor-thin margins.
    — David Farbman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Younger people are similarly cost-burdened, including 37% of those age 25 to 34 and 31% of those 35 to 44, the Joint Center has reported.
    — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of burden

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