sad
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1.0
- adjective
- /sæd/
:
lamentable
- It's a really, really sad story, it turns out.
- sad to say
- the sad truth
- the sad reality
Some bad, some rad, some sad, some Plaid.
- Some bad, some rad, some sad, some Plaid.
- It's just, it's bad, it's sad, it's not good.
- That's kind of the sad state of humans.
- I tend to play sad songs all the time.
- And when no one's outside, it's sad, it's solemn.
- But yeah, it's sad day, sad day in Nashville.
- I once posted I can make any song sad, and I truly mean that.
- So that's it's one of the sad realizations of life.
- Yeah, that's a very sad theme that keeps coming up.
- That sounds like the saddest Christmas Carol ever.
Examples
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In the end, this is a sad day for America.
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I think this is a sad day for New York.
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But yeah, it's a very sad thing to remember.
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But those outlets, boy, what a sad, sad place.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a sad day in the history of this cathedral."
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm sure today's gonna be a sad day for everyone.
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They were sad to see us leave the caravan.
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In many respects, the YES campaign suffered from a rather sad lack of originality.
Academic text (1992) -
Because Dale didn't have to be sad for too long and Lisa had a new mom right away.
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The news about the disaster was truly sad and affected everyone in the community.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling sad or not pleased about something
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1.8
Feeling very unhappy or suffering a lot
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1.0
Feeling gloomy and sad
367
3.4
Extremely sad, often because of death or a disaster
219
2.2
Making you feel very sad and that things will not get better
73
4.2
Sad and hopeless, making things seem very bad
62
4.5
Making you feel sad and hopeless
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4.6
Serious and sad in feeling or mood
37
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
36
4.6
Causing strong worry and emotional pain
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2.5
Feeling sad and without much hope
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3.7
Feeling like you want to cry easily
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3.9
Feeling deep sadness because of a loss
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3.6
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
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7.9
Having a sad sound that makes people feel unhappy
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6.7
Very bad and upsetting because it should not have happened
5
7.2
Feeling deep, quiet sadness
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9.9
Very sad and about death or great loss
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Compounds
- Informal
A short trombone sound used to show disappointment, failure or embarrassment
How Sad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sad comes from an old English word sæd that meant 'full' or 'heavy', and that idea of 'heaviness' moved into meaning 'serious' or 'unhappy'. So we call a bad or unfortunate situation sad because it feels heavy and upsetting.