to sadden

Examples

• All

• I am deeply saddened to have to tell you that early this morning your classmate Laura Palmer was found dead.

  Variety

• Dear Sam, it saddens me to write this letter, but Mrs. Billingsley and I have decided we cannot permit you to return to our home.

  Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

• And I, I am saddened to think about what has now happened.

• I was really moved and saddened by this story.

  The Wereth Eleven (2011)

• The Division is saddened by the loss of some of its members this year.

  Academic text (2002)

• I was shocked and saddened to learn of your injury.

• You have suffered great losses and it truly saddens me.

  Koko (2021)

• I'm most shocked and saddened by this betrayal.

  Antitrust (2001)

• The management of Del Mar is saddened to announce that Olly's Boy will have to be destroyed.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I was truly sadden when I heard about the accident on the news.

Synonyms

U

to upset

vsto sadden

362 1.0

Make someone feel sad or worried

is focused on causing plain sadness rather than worry

G

to grieve

vsto sadden

95 4.1

To make someone feel very sad

is used for ordinary unhappiness, not intense sorrow

G

to get (someone) down

vsto sadden

• Informal

87 4.2

To make someone feel sad or discouraged

is a simple way to cause sadness rather than deep sorrow

P

to pain

vsto sadden

45 4.9

To make someone feel sad or upset

is about causing sadness rather than general distress

D

to dismay

vsto sadden

37 4.4

Make someone feel shocked or worried by something unexpected

is focused on plain sadness instead of surprise or shock

B

to break someone's heart

vsto sadden

• Informal

34 3.4

To make someone very sad because of love or disappointment

is the general act of making someone unhappy, not necessarily deeply

D

to depress

vsto sadden

32 4.1

To make someone feel sad and lose hope

is a milder action that brings ordinary unhappiness

G

to get down

vsto sadden

• Informal

22 4.1

To make someone feel sad or less hopeful

is a broader term for making someone unhappy or sad

W

to weigh down

vsto sadden

9 4.9

Make someone feel sad or worried

is a simpler phrase meaning to cause unhappiness without burden

D

to dishearten

vsto sadden

8 5.3

To make someone lose hope or confidence

is about creating sadness rather than removing hope or confidence

D

to deject

vsto sadden

4 6.5

To make someone feel sad or less hopeful

is a general action that simply causes unhappiness

D

to dampen spirits

vsto sadden

2 4.9

Make someone feel less happy and excited

is stronger, causing real sadness rather than lowered enthusiasm

C

to cast down

vsto sadden

1 6.3

To make someone feel sad or discouraged

is about making someone simply unhappy not always discouraged

Antonyms

C

to cheer up

• Informal

234 1.4

To feel happier after being sad or to make someone feel happier

U

to uplift

23 3.2

To make someone feel happier and more hopeful

G

to gladden

1 3.5

To make someone feel happy

How Saddening

to devastate

221 4.9

to deject

4 6.5

to sadden

76 2.3

to upset

362 1.0

to disappoint

492 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology