sad

About 16.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sandawe.
2. adjective Emotionally negative. Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

   She gets sad when he's away.

3. adjective Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

   She gets sad when he's away.

4. adjective Appearing sorrowful.

   The puppy had a sad little face.

5. adjective Causing sorrow; lamentable.

   It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.

6. adjective Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.

   That's the saddest-looking pickup truck I've ever seen.

7. adjective Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
8. adjective Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.

Similar words

sadden doleful sorrowful tragic saddening mournful lamentable melancholic depressing bittersweet

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Word family

SAD sadder saddest sadness sadnesses