Define:Sad
English eedit
Etymology eedit
Frae Middle Inglis
, frae Old English
, frae Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“satit, satisfied”), frae Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“tae satiate, satisfy”). Cognate wi Wast Frisian
, Dutch
, German
, Danish
, Norwegian
, Gothic
, and through Indo-European, with Laitin
. Relatit tae sate.
Pronunciation eedit
- /sæd/
- Audio (US) (help·info)
- Rhymes: -æd
Adjective eedit
Sad (comparative sadder, superlative saddest)
- (obsolete) Satit, havin haed ane's fill; satisfied, weary.
- (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book V:
- And thus they strekyn forth into the stremys, many sadde hunderthes.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book V:
- (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xi:
- Vprose Sir Guyon, in bright armour clad, / And to his purposd iourney him prepar'd: / With him the Palmer eke in habit sad, / Him selfe addrest to that aduenture hard [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xi:
- O colours: dark, deep; later, sompre, dull.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
- this is either used crude, and called Sulphur Vive, and is of a sadder colour; or after depuration, such as we have in magdeleons of rolls, of a lighter yellow.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
- Feelin sorrow; sorrowfu, mournfu.
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- Appearin sorrowfu.
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- Causin sorrow; lamentable.
- The Great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad,
- G. K. Chesterton
- For, all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, The China Governess[1]:
- The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
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- Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.127:
- Heaven knows what cash he got, or blood he spilt, / A sad old fellow was he, if you please [...].
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- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.127:
- (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
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- (dialect) Soggy (tae refer tae pastries).
Synonyms eedit
- (feelin mentally uncomfortable): discomfortit, distressed, uncomfortable, unhappy
- (law in spirits): depressed, doun in the dumps, glum, melancholy
- (movin, full o feelin): poignant, touchin
- (causin sorrow): lamentable
- (puir in quality): pitifu, sorry
- See an aa Wikisaurus:sad
- See an aa Wikisaurus:lamentable
Antonyms eedit
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Translations eedit
feelin sorrow
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appearin sorrowfu
causin sorrow, lamentable
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poor in quality, deplorable
slang: socially inadequate or undesirable
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- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: trishtuar
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: tmuran; žalostan
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: droevig, bedroefd, treurig, triest, verdrietig (3, 4)
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: λυπημένος (lypēménos)
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: עצוב (atzúv)
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: szomorú
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: sendu, sedih
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- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: 슬픈 (seulpeun)
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: xemgîn, دڵ تهنگ
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: trist (1,2), rørende (3)
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: fo mhulad, fo ghruaim, cianail, dòlasach, truagh, tùrsach, muladach
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: olycklig (sv) (1,2)
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/ttbc: విచారము (vicaaramu), దిగులు (digulu)
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External links eedit
- Sad in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionar, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Sad in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams eedit
Czech eedit
Noun eedit
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Danish eedit
Verb eedit
Sad
- past o sidde
Polish eedit
Pronunciation eedit
- /s̪at̪/
Noun eedit
Sad m
Declension eedit
Scots eedit
Etymology eedit
Pronunciation eedit
- /sɑd/
Adjective eedit
Sad (comparative sadder, superlative saddest)
Serbo-Croatian eedit
Etymology eedit
From Template:Proto.
Alternative forms eedit
Pronunciation eedit
- /sâd/
Adverb eedit
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/sh-adverb
Slovene eedit
Noun eedit
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