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Synonyms for saddening
sad·den·ing

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  1. List of paraphrases for "saddening":

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#5071sad
#8709horrible
#9372painful
#15772disappointing
#17102miserable
#20906depressing
#25291melancholy
#30054hateful
#30945wretched
#42423distressing
#60125mournful
#155391saddening

How to use saddening in a sentence?

  1. Benjamin Greenberg:

    The stories I can tell are maddening and saddening.

  2. Police Superintendent David Brown:

    No family, no block, no community in the City of Chicago should have to endure the looming threat of guns and gangs, this is a tragedy, there are too many incidents just like this. We’re losing too many young people, and it’s really saddening.

  3. La Vergne:

    It's very saddening and heartbreaking ... that an adult would put other people's children or children in harm's way like that.

  4. Ciara Harris:

    It’s very saddening, but at least the monuments were not torn down by angry mobs. harriet Tubman Grove will provide the city an opportunity to correct historic injustice to a Maryland native. Our city is properly recognizing an African-American hero.

  5. Unknown:

    DISCLAIMER: A society where such disclaimers are needed is saddening.


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