affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
expressive of or characterized by sorrow: sad looks; a sad song.
causing sorrow: a sad disappointment; sad news.
(of color) somber, dark, or dull; drab.
deplorably bad; sorry: a sad attempt.
Obsolete. firm or steadfast.
Origin of sad
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sæd grave, heavy, weary, originally sated, full; cognate with German satt,Gothic saths full, satisfied; akin to Latin satis enough, satur sated, Greek hádēn enough. See satiate, saturate
“I’m personally sad that two parents would be out to ruin a program, ruin people’s livelihoods because their children didn’t work hard enough or made mistakes,” Clark said.
School Sports Became ‘Clubs’ Amid the Pandemic – Now Two Coaches Are Out|Ashly McGlone|September 17, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The sad part is that when talking about this topic, I noticed how hard it actually is for Googlers to get the SEO community to change our ways.
How to earn your place in Google’s index in 2020|Bartosz Góralewicz|September 14, 2020|Search Engine Land
In a blog post, Amazon simply says that “positivity” measures how happy or sad a voice sounds.
How Amazon’s new health tracker will use AI to monitor your tone of voice|Nicolás Rivero|August 28, 2020|Quartz
“Rather than do a watered-down, sad version of our television show with one person in a 2,000-square-foot set with nobody in the background, let’s just shift it at home,” said Bishop.
‘A new way of working’: Publishers’ test kitchens return to studios with new safety procedures in the mix|Kayleigh Barber|August 14, 2020|Digiday
This is especially interesting when comparing it to unemployment searches, which is a very sad side effect of the economy shut down.
Five Google Trends charts that show the impact of COVID-19|Jason Tabeling|July 9, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Haha, what a sad thing to be great at, but yeah, I guess I am.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
‘Downton Abbey’ Review: A Fire, Some Sex, and Sad, Sad Edith|Kevin Fallon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic.
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The sad fact is that more than 41 percent of trans people admit making at least one suicide attempt in their lifetime.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
You, dear reader and refusenik, will likely be called a cynic or a sad sack by friends.
The Refuseniks Hiding From ‘Happy New Year’|Lizzie Crocker|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It would be a sad alternative—as both the mule and the dog were looked upon more in the light of companions than slaves.
The Boy Hunters|Captain Mayne Reid
And it might so easily have been the other way—Emil who was ill and Amedee who was sad!
O Pioneers!|Willa Cather
The face usually so sparkling looked very, very pale, and worn, and sad.
The Unseen Bridgegroom|May Agnes Fleming
By noon he had reached the country of the plantations, the great, sad, silent levels bordering the mighty river.
Roads of Destiny|O. Henry
"You have thought over this sad problem a great deal," said Mr. Dinneford.
Cast Adrift|T. S. Arthur
British Dictionary definitions for sad (1 of 2)
sad
/ (sæd) /
adjectivesadderorsaddest
feeling sorrow; unhappy
causing, suggestive, or expressive of such feelingsa sad story
unfortunate; unsatisfactory; shabby; deplorableher clothes were in a sad state
Britishinformalludicrously contemptible; pathetiche's a sad, boring little wimp
(of pastry, cakes, etc) not having risen fully; heavy
(of a colour) lacking brightness; dull or dark
archaicserious; grave
verb
NZto express sadness or displeasure strongly
Derived forms of sad
sadly, adverbsadness, noun
Word Origin for sad
Old English sæd weary; related to Old Norse sathr, Gothic saths, Latin satur, satis enough