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as in unhappy
feeling unhappiness
movies in which the hero dies always make us feel sad
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2
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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as in melancholy
a state or spell of low spirits
she was filled with sadness at the thought of having to leave her family
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Recent Examples of sad
Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Cutting back to the blank face, the viewer will likely infer that the person is hungry or sad, or happy.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
There’s a sadness to her uncertainty, this implication that her eventual return will in some way be conditional.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Which was just a little bit sad by the end.
—Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Cutting back to the blank face, the viewer will likely infer that the person is hungry or sad, or happy.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
Porto Sant'Elpidio Mayor Massimiliano Ciarpella expressed his sadness in a social media statement shortly after Baumgartner's death.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
There’s a sadness to her uncertainty, this implication that her eventual return will in some way be conditional.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sad
Adjective
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He was told by Talent Relations that the creative team was unhappy with him.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The now-37-year-old wasn’t unhappy with her job.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As a result, his work is equal parts depressing and invigorating.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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This also doesn’t imply the book is depressing or a tear-jerker—quite the opposite.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Characters can be pathetic, and frank about their Toledo Truth Teller’s bleak prospects.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Jimmy Kimmel is a pathetic hate monger.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An aura of melancholy does not stop Madvillainy from being endlessly joyful and playful.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
30 Sep. 2025
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But even here, the ache of the lovers’ separation registers with only a muffled sense of melancholy.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The conversation left her heartbroken.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Still heartbroken years after the split, Richard wears his anger and pain on his sleeve, but his only goal in life is to keep his daughter safe.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her school blames a heartbreaking tragedy in her family.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Oct. 2025
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But in his jittery, heartbreaking complexity, the resulting characterization is deeply humane.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Browns have scored the second-fewest points in the NFL, ahead of only the pitiful Tennessee Titans.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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On the side of the highway, Wilson cuts a pitiful, solitary figure.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Newsweek spoke with two mental health experts to better understand the rare condition, which is characterized by both schizophrenia symptoms and mood disorders such as mania or depression.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Sad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sad. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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