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Synonyms for sad
sæd
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Princeton's WordNet
sad(adj)
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
Synonyms:
deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorrysad(adj)
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
Synonyms:
deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorrydeplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry(adj)
bad; unfortunate
"my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
Synonyms:
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
Wiktionary
sad(adjective)
sad(adjective)
soggy (to refer to pastries).
Synonyms:
lamentable, pitiful, sorrysad(adjective)
Synonyms:
uncomfortable, discomforted, distressed, unhappysad(adjective)
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glum, down in the dumps, melancholy, depressedsad(adjective)
sad(adjective)
Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
Synonyms:
pitiful, sorry, lamentablesad(adjective)
Steadfast, valiant.
Synonyms:
pitiful, lamentable, sorrysad(adjective)
Dignified, serious, grave.
Synonyms:
sorry, pitiful, lamentablesad(adjective)
Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
Synonyms:
lamentable, sorry, pitifulsad(adjective)
Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
She gets sad when he's away.
Synonyms:
lamentable, pitiful, sorrysad(adjective)
Appearing sorrowful.
The puppy had a sad little face.
Synonyms:
pitiful, sorry, lamentablesad(adjective)
Causing sorrow; lamentable.
It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
Synonyms:
pitiful, sorry, lamentablesad(adjective)
Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
Synonyms:
pitiful, lamentable, sorrysad(adjective)
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sad(a.)
Synonyms:
sorrowful, desponding, depressed, downcast, melancholy, cheerless, disconsolate, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, cast downsad(a.)
Synonyms:
gloomy, dismal, doleful, mournful, lugubrious, grievous, woebegonesad(a.)
Synonyms:
grievous, afflictive, calamitous, disastrous, dire, deplorable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sad(a)
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?
I was with Fuzzy in the aftermath and I witnessed what the fans did to him, it could almost bring tears to your eyes, how hard they came down on him. It was sad.
He was always at other people's events. He was always shooting music videos, it makes me a little bit sad that we weren't able to see all that he could have done.
The sad thing is that patients are usually embarrassed to go to the doctor or the emergency room.
It was good to know he was willing to protect others, but then it was sad he had to give up his own life for it.
Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell:
It's very difficult, no matter how many investigations you conduct, seeing young children and an entire family wiped out is a very, very sad thing.
Translations for sad
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- حزين, مؤسفArabic
- сумныBelarusian
- দুঃখিতBengali
- trist, deplorable, trista, patètic, lamentableCatalan, Valencian
- smutnýCzech
- tristDanish
- traurig, tristGerman
- malgajaEsperanto
- tristeSpanish
- goibelBasque
- غمگینPersian
- surullinen, surkea, säälittävä, synkkäFinnish
- tristeFrench
- brónachIrish
- brònach, dubhach, gruamachScottish Gaelic
- tristeGalician
- उदास, दुखीHindi
- szomorúHungarian
- տխուրArmenian
- sedihIndonesian
- tristaIdo
- dapurIcelandic
- tristeItalian
- 悲しいJapanese
- დარდიანი, სევდიანი, მწუხარე, ნაღვლიანიGeorgian
- maestus, tristisLatin
- traueregLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bēdīgs, skumjšLatvian
- hinapouriMāori
- triestDutch
- lei seg, tristNorwegian
- smutnyPolish
- خپه, خواشينی, غمجنPashto, Pushto
- tristePortuguese
- abătut, abătută, trist, tristăRomanian
- грустный, печальныйRussian
- खिन्नSanskrit
- žalostanSerbo-Croatian
- smutnýSlovak
- sorgsen, ledsenSwedish
- üzgünTurkish
- сму́тнийUkrainian
- دکھی, اداسUrdu
- buồnVietnamese
- 伤心Chinese
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