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sad
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- pronunciation:
- saed
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word History, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
sadder, saddest |
| definition 1: |
despondent, unhappy, or sorrowful.
He was sad for months after her death.The little child was so terribly sad when her mother left.The sad mourners began to fill the church.
- synonyms:
- blue, depressed, doleful, down in the mouth, heavy-hearted, low, melancholy, sorrowful, unhappy, woeful
- antonyms:
- blithe, cheerful, glad, happy, joyful, joyous, merry, sunny
- similar words:
- crestfallen, dejected, disconsolate, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, heartsick, heavy, joyless, lugubrious, morose, mournful, regretful, rueful, woebegone
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| definition 2: |
causing sorrow or grief.
The closing of the factory was a sad event.The movie had a sad ending.- synonyms:
- deplorable, dolorous, gloomy, lamentable, melancholy, rueful, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woeful
- antonyms:
- joyful, joyous, merry
- similar words:
- dismal, distressing, doleful, grievous, mournful, painful, tearful, unfortunate
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| definition 3: |
characterized by sorrow.
It was a sad day for everyone.Her face wore a sad expression.- synonyms:
- gloomy, rueful, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woeful
- antonyms:
- happy, joyful, joyous, merry
- similar words:
- dismal, distressing, dolorous, unfortunate
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| definition 4: |
regrettable.
This is a sad situation and we'll have to rectify it.- synonyms:
- regrettable, unfortunate, unhappy
- similar words:
- doleful, infelicitous, lamentable, rueful, sorry, woeful
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| related words: |
bad, broken-hearted, cheerless, desolate, despondent, dispirited, forlorn, lonesome, melancholy, pathetic, pensive, poignant, somber, tragic |
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| derivations: |
sadly (adv.), sadness (n.) |
The word sad has been part of the English language for many centuries but did not mean "unhappy" until the 1300s. In Old English, "sad" meant "satisfied." Later, it came to mean "tired or weary of."
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feeling sad |
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black, bleak, blue, dark, dismal, down, downcast, dreary, gloomy, glum, heartbroken, heavy, lonely, lonesome, low, miserable, somber, sorry, sullen, unhappy |
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