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Synonyms for sad
sædsad
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Wiktionary
sadadjective
sadadjective
soggy (to refer to pastries).
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lamentable, pitiful, sorrysadadjective
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uncomfortable, discomforted, distressed, unhappysadadjective
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glum, down in the dumps, melancholy, depressedsadadjective
sadadjective
Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
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pitiful, sorry, lamentablesadadjective
Steadfast, valiant.
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pitiful, lamentable, sorrysadadjective
Dignified, serious, grave.
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sorry, pitiful, lamentablesadadjective
Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
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lamentable, sorry, pitifulsadadjective
Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
She gets sad when he's away.
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lamentable, pitiful, sorrysadadjective
Appearing sorrowful.
The puppy had a sad little face.
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pitiful, sorry, lamentablesadadjective
Causing sorrow; lamentable.
It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
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pitiful, sorry, lamentablesadadjective
Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
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pitiful, lamentable, sorrysadadjective
Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!
Synonyms:
pitiful, lamentable, sorry
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sad
Synonyms:
heavy, grave, dull, sorrowful, woe-begone, calamitous, dismal, doleful, mournful, gloomy, dejected, depressed, cheerless, serious, downcast, grievous, melancholy, saturnineAntonyms:
light, light-hearted, cheerful, joyful, joyous, gay, glad, exhilarating, exhilarated, happy, blithe
Princeton's WordNet
sadadjective
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
"feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
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deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorrysadadjective
of things that make you feel sad
"sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti
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deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorrydeplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorryadjective
bad; unfortunate
"my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
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regretful, deplorable, hapless, no-account, reprehensible, woeful, dismal, troubling, execrable, dingy, disconsolate, perturbing, no-count, good-for-nothing, miserable, worrying, criminal, no-good, vicious, disturbing, dark, grim, piteous, condemnable, lamentable, worrisome, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, bad, poor, pathetic, wretched, sorry, pitiful, gloomy, drab, distressful, dreary, drear, good-for-naught, blue, meritless
Editors Contribution
melancholy
a feeling of sorrow; normally with no cause
"for some reason he felt melancholy when she woke up"
Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019grinch
not happy
Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019subaerialverb
being subaerial makes me sad so the similarities is present for those with similar interests in the word subaerial.
i am sad\subaerial
sulked
not happy or disappointed
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sadadjective
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sorrowful, desponding, depressed, downcast, melancholy, cheerless, disconsolate, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, cast downsadadjective
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gloomy, dismal, doleful, mournful, lugubrious, grievous, woebegonesadadjective
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grievous, afflictive, calamitous, disastrous, dire, deplorable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sadadjective
Synonyms:
sorrowful, pathetic, plaintive, doleful, piteous, lugubrious, rueful, mournful, dismal, funereal, gloomy, melancholy, disconsolate, dejected, touching, calamitous, deplorable, grievous, dire, afflictive, wretched, saturnine, grave, sober, dull, sombre, subdued, bad, naughty, troublesome, mischievous, vexatious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sad":
regrettable, unfortunate, sadness, unhappy, triste, tragic, saddened, depressing, deplorable, saddening, miserable, gloomy, lamentable, grim, dismal, sorry, distressing, upset, sorrowful, pitiful, sob, painful, bleak, dss, ods, wretched, dreary, das, boring, sadly
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How to use sad in a sentence?
She’s awake, which is a huge development. She likely has permanent brain damage that she will endure for the rest of her life. She’s not walking –it’s a sad, sad, sad story.
I am sad that my family isn't here. I'm sad that my friends aren't here. I'm sad that it's not the same exact experience due to Covid. However, I'm so grateful that we even were able to do this and come here and represent our countries. That's the most important part.
I don’t think all writers are sad,” she said. “I think it’s the other way around - all sad people write.”
Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very sad, that once more, for the umpteenth time, the old truth is confirmed: What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.
From that first visit, we dreaded our appointments. The most difficult time in my life was made nearly unbearable because you never told me the truth. My child was perfect, i’m not angry. I’m not bitter. I’m just really sad. I’m sad the tiny beating hearts you see every day don’t fill you with a perpetual awe. I’m sad the intricate details and the miracle of those sweet little fingers and toes, lungs and eyes and ears don’t always give you pause. I’m said you were so wrong to say a baby with Down syndrome would decrease our quality of life. And I’m heartbroken you might have said that to a mommy even today. But I’m mostly sad you’ll never have the privilege of knowing my daughter, Emersyn.
Translations for sad
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- مؤسف, حزينArabic
- сумныBelarusian
- দুঃখিতBengali
- lamentable, trista, deplorable, patètic, tristCatalan, Valencian
- smutnýCzech
- tristDanish
- traurig, tristGerman
- λυπημένοςGreek
- malgajaEsperanto
- tristeSpanish
- goibelBasque
- غمگینPersian
- säälittävä, synkkä, surullinen, surkeaFinnish
- tristeFrench
- brónachIrish
- gruamach, brònach, dubhachScottish Gaelic
- tristeGalician
- उदास, दुखीHindi
- szomorúHungarian
- տխուրArmenian
- sedihIndonesian
- tristaIdo
- dapurIcelandic
- tristeItalian
- 悲しいJapanese
- მწუხარე, ნაღვლიანი, დარდიანი, სევდიანიGeorgian
- maestus, tristisLatin
- traueregLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- skumjš, bēdīgsLatvian
- hinapouriMāori
- triestDutch
- lei seg, tristNorwegian
- smutnyPolish
- خواشينی, غمجن, خپهPashto, Pushto
- tristePortuguese
- tristă, abătută, abătut, tristRomanian
- грустный, печальныйRussian
- खिन्नSanskrit
- žalostanSerbo-Croatian
- smutnýSlovak
- ledsen, sorgsenSwedish
- வருத்தம்Tamil
- üzgünTurkish
- сму́тнийUkrainian
- اداس, دکھیUrdu
- buồnVietnamese
- 伤心Chinese
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