sad
/ˈsæd/adjective1 syllable
Sad means: experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
Synonyms for sad34
adjective, as in experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
bittersweet, doleful, mournful, heavyhearted, melancholy, melancholic, pensive, wistful, tragic, tragical, tragicomic, tragicomical
adjective, as in of things that make you feel sad
sorrowful
also used for sad
depressed, down in the dumps, glum, discomforted, distressed, uncomfortable, unhappy, poignant, touching, saddening, atrabiliary, atrabilious, depressing, grievous, heartbreaking
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Opposites of sad
What does sad mean?3
adjective
1
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness“feeling sad because his dog had died”
2
bad; unfortunate“my finances were in a deplorable state”
3
of things that make you feel sad“sad news”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with sad?18
Sad in a sentence
- Suddenly the little black rabbit sat down, and looked very sad.unknown
- He is now glad, now sad at the progress of the game.unknown
- He seems cheery but, on the contrary, he is sad.unknown
- He tried to act cheerfully, but we all knew how sad he felt.sundown
- When she was reading the letter, she looked sad.CM
- One moment she was happy, the next she was sad.AlanF_US
- Sad as she was, she said good-bye to him with a smile.unknown
- After a while, the little black rabbit sat down, and looked very sad.unknown
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of sad
as a adjective
- comparative
- sadder
- superlative
- saddest