sadness

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sad definition

sad (sad)

adjective sadder sad′·der, saddest sad′·dest

  1. having, expressing, or showing low spirits or sorrow; unhappy; mournful; sorrowful
  2. causing or characterized by dejection, melancholy, or sorrow
  3. dark or dull in color; drab
  4. Informal very bad; deplorable
  5. Dialectal heavy or soggy a sad cake

Etymology: ME < OE sæd, sated, full, hence having feelings assoc. with satiety, akin to Ger satt, sated < IE base *sā-, satisfied, sated > L satis, enough, OIr sāith, satiety

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sadness Synonyms

sadness

n.

sorrow, dejection, melancholy, depression, grief, despondency, sorrowfulness, oppression, downs*, gloom*, blues*, dumps*.


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sadness quotes

The sadness of the women's movement isthat they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.

-Angelou, Maya originally MayaJohnson

Adieu tristesse Bonjour tristesse. Farewell sadness Hello sadness.

-EŁ  luard, Paul pseudonym of  Euge'  ne Grindel

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

-Franklin, Benjamin

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