as in depresses
to make sad
the arrival of winter always saddens me
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saddens
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Nevertheless, something might occur at work that depresses you.
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The risk is that China inspires its trading partners to resort to a protectionism that depresses prosperity for everyone.
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But what really troubles him is something larger.
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There’s something that troubles her about this.
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It is governed by a brutal regime that oppresses its people and is an enemy to the United States.
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His policies have been instrumental in dismantling the criminal enterprise that oppresses the Venezuelan people.
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What bothers me is the foot-dragging, the spinning in circles, the slow degradation of these characters into annoying stereotypes.
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What bothers me is the implication of a Labubu National Team full of these things.
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That question is exactly what worries the people who keep it alive.
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What worries me most isn’t that AI will become smarter than humans.
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“Saddens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saddens. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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