sadden

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make sad or unhappy.

   It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone.

2. verb To become sad or unhappy.
3. verb To darken a color during dyeing.
4. verb To render heavy, hard, or cohesive; to compress or thicken.

Similar words

sad depress unhappy downcast oppress dash attrist deject sour contristate

Often followed by

the me and you him us her his them

Word family

saddened saddening saddens