English Explanatory Dictionary

sad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Emotionally negative.
  2. Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
  3. Appearing sorrowful.
  4. Causing sorrow; lamentable.
  5. Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
  6. Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
  7. Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
  8. Steadfast, valiant.
  9. Dignified, serious, grave.
  10. Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
  11. Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
  12. Soggy (to refer to pastries).
verb
  1. To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
intj
  1. Expressing contempt, ridicule or disgust; bah!
noun
  1. Alternative form of saad (“Arabic letter”).
noun
  1. Initialism of seasonal affective disorder.
  2. Initialism of standard American diet.
  3. Initialism of social anxiety disorder.
  4. Initialism of single-wavelength anomalous dispersion.
name
  1. Initialism of Special Activities Division.
  2. Initialism of Shiromani Akali Dal (Indian political party)

Pronunciation

/ˈsæd/ en-us-sad.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-sad.wav

Word forms

sad sadder more sad saddest most sad sads sadding sadded

Etymology

From Middle English sad, from Old English sæd (“satisfied, full, sated, unable to handle more, weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *sad, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated, satisfied”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”). Cognate to Saterland Frisian sääd, West Frisian sêd, Dutch zat, German Low German satt, German satt. The interjection sense is a reference to frequent usage of the word as an interjection in the tweets of Donald Trump, American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; a Trumpism.

Synonyms

atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy miserable moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian Plutonic querulous

Antonyms

blissed out blissful cock-a-hoop content delighted ecstatic elated excited exultant gay glad gleeful happy jovial joyful on cloud nine overjoyed over the moon pacific perky placated pleased satisfied thrilled tickled pink triumphant cheerful upbeat berserk blithe buoyant blithesome bonnie bright cheerly cheery chuffed contented convivial ebullient enthusiastic euphoric exhilarated exuberant fat and happy gassed gayful giddy gladsome gleesome hearty hyped high on life joyous merry mirthsome overjoyous stoked vivacious wealful

Related words

sadden apathetic haggard lamentable sad SADD

Derived words

get a sad on make someone's ears sad oversad pack a sad pathetisad sad ass sad beige sadboi sad bread sad case sadcase sad-cited sadcited sad-com sadcore sadder saddest saddie saddish saddo sad drunk sad-eyed sad-faced sadfic sadfish sadfishing sadfuck sadful sadge sadhearted sadiron sadlarious sadless sadmin sadness sad number sad panda sadpost sad sack sadsome sadster sad to say sad tree sad trombone sadware sangry semisad supersad unsad
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