sad
(săd)
[Middle English, weary, sorrowful, from Old English sæd, sated, weary.]
adjective: sad·der, sad·dest.
- Affected or characterized by sorrow or unhappiness.
- Expressive of sorrow or unhappiness.
- Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing: a sad movie; sad news.
- Deplorable; sorry: a sad state of affairs; a sad excuse.
- Dark-hued; somber.
derivatives
- sad́ly
- adverb
- sad́ness
- noun
synonyms:
sad, melancholy, sorrowful, doleful, woebegone, desolate These adjectives mean affected with or marked by unhappiness, as that caused by affliction. Sad is the most general: “Better by far you should forget and smile/Than that you should remember and be sad” (Christina Rossetti) Melancholy can refer to lingering or habitual somberness or sadness: a melancholy poet's gloomy introspection. Sorrowful applies to emotional pain as that resulting from loss: sorrowful mourners at the funeral. Doleful describes what is mournful or morose: the doleful expression of a reprimanded child. Woebegone suggests grief or wretchedness, especially as reflected in a person's appearance: “His sorrow . . . made him look . . . haggard and . . . woebegone” (George du Maurier) Desolate applies to one that is beyond consolation: “No one is so accursed by fate,/No one so utterly desolate,/But some heart, though unknown,/Responds unto his own” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
SAD
abbreviation
- seasonal affective disorder
seasonal affective disorder
noun
- A form of depression occurring at certain seasons of the year, especially when the individual has less exposure to sunlight.
