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[ sad-n ] / ˈsæd n / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sadden ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with or without object)Origin of saddenFirst recorded in 1590–1600; sad + -en1 OTHER WORDS FROM saddensad·den·ing·ly, adverbun·sad·dened, adjectiveWords nearby saddensadaqat, Sadat, Sadat, Anwar, sad case, Saddam Hussein, sadden, sadder but wiser, Saddharma-Pundarika, saddle, saddleback, saddleback caterpillar Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for saddenThe leathery visage of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell never fails to sadden and enrage me. Mitch McConnell: Putting Party Ahead of Country Every Time|Michael Tomasky|June 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST They do not inspire us into unquestioning loyalty; they sadden us and provoke the unanswerable existential question: Why? A Very Good War|Bob Kerrey|March 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST Tracing the blighted past, I am only left to sadden at that gentleness which never came from love! Godolphin, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton At the distance their joy did not sadden him--he marveled why; and thus, in musing reverie, thought to explain the why to himself. Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 6|Various
But, at any rate, there is always Leonora to cheer you up; I don't want to sadden you. The Good Soldier|Ford Madox Ford It need not sadden you, Diana; because every man is the better for having given his best. The Following of the Star|Florence L. Barclay You would not now sadden the hours of your absence from me by causing anxious thoughts in my heart. 'Three Score Years and Ten'|Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve
British Dictionary definitions for saddenCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to saddendiscourage, dishearten, grieve, dispirit, dash, desolate, distress, down, deject, press, deplore, oppress, weigh down, bum out, cast down, drag down, put a damper on, throw cold water on |