sad
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- unhappy, blue, dejected, depressed, doleful, down, low, low-spirited, melancholy, mournful, woebegone
- tragic, depressing, dismal, grievous, harrowing, heart-rending, moving, pathetic, pitiful, poignant, upsetting
- deplorable, bad, lamentable, sorry, wretched

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Antonyms: glad, happy
Contrasted words: happy, joyful, joyous, blithe, gay, lighthearted, exalted, fired, inspired, uplifted, bright, lively, exhilarating, heartwarming, stimulating, stirring
Related Words: blue, dejected, dispirited, down, downbeat, downcast, drear, dumpish, dumpy, grieving, unenjoying, depressed, morose, depressing, dismal, joyless, mirthless, saddening, triste, desolate, gloomy, afflicting, doleful, dreary, lamentable, sorrowful, pathetic, tear-jerking

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English Thesaurus: sad, unhappy, homesick, down, gloomy, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

SAD /sæd/ noun [uncountable] medical
the abbreviation of seasonal affective disorder

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sad S2 W3 /sæd/ adjective (comparative sadder, superlative saddest)
[Word Family: noun: sadness, saddo; adjective: sad, saddening; verb: sadden; adverb: sadly]
[Language: Old English; Origin: sæd 'having had enough']

1. FEELING UNHAPPY not happy, especially because something unpleasant has happened Antonym : happy
feel/look/sound sad
Dad looked sad and worried as he read the letter.
be sad to hear/see/read etc something
I was very sad to hear that he had died.
sad that
Lilly felt sad that Christmas was over.
sad about
I was sad about the friends I was leaving behind.
sad smile/face/expression etc
There was such a sad look in her eyes.

2. MAKING YOU UNHAPPY a sad event, situation etc makes you feel unhappy:
Sorry to hear the sad news.
It was a sad case. The boy ended up in prison.
sad story/song/film etc
a story with a sad ending
it is sad to see/hear etc something
It was sad to see them arguing.
sad time/day/moment etc
This is a sad day for us all.

3. NOT SATISFACTORY very bad or unacceptable:
There aren’t enough teachers, which is a sad state of affairs (=bad situation).
it’s sad that/when/if ...
It’s sad if people are too afraid to go out alone at night.
the sad fact is (that) spoken:
The sad fact is that prejudice still exists.
Sad to say (=unfortunately), the country is heading towards civil war.

4. LONELY a sad person has a dull, unhappy, or lonely life:
She’s a sad character – without any friends at all.

5. BORING informal boring or not deserving any respect:
Stay in on Saturday night? What a sad idea!

6. sadder and/but wiser having learned something from an unpleasant experience:
He came out of the relationship sadder but wiser.
⇒ sadness

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sad
adj.
I. unhappy
VERBS appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, grow | make sb This music always makes me sad.
ADV. all, desperately, immensely, particularly, profoundly, really, unbearably, very I called Mum, sounding all sad and pathetic.
almost | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | strangely
PREP. about She was still feeling very sad about her father's death.

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sad
II. causing unhappiness
VERBS be, seem | find sth
ADV. deeply, extremely, intensely, particularly, profoundly, really, terribly, unutterably, very a deeply sad occasion
a bit, a little, quite, rather a rather sad story

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sad

a sad story/song/film
He had listened patiently to his client’s sad story about her awful life.
sad news
It was with great shock that we heard the sad news that he had died.
a sad fact
It’s a sad fact that a significant amount of crime is committed by young people.
the sad truth
The sad truth is that the new law will not deter criminals.
a sad day/time
I’m really disappointed that this happened. It’s a sad day for football.
a sad case
Take the sad case of Gary Marsh, who was badly injured during a match.
a sad ending
The film has a sad ending.
the sad thing (=the sad part of a situation)
The sad thing is that there’s little we can do about the situation now.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sad not happy:
She felt sad as she waved goodbye.
a sad and lonely figure
a sad face
a sad film
unhappy sad, especially for a long time – used about people and periods of time:
I was unhappy at school.
an unhappy childhood
He’s obviously a deeply unhappy person.
homesick [not before noun] sad because you are away from your home, family, and friends:
She sometimes felt homesick when she first arrived in Japan.
down [not before noun] informal feeling sad for a few hours or days, often for no reason:
Whenever I’m feeling down, I go out and buy myself some new clothes.
She’s been kind of down since that argument with Jack.
gloomy looking or sounding sad and without hope – used about people, places, and weather:
Why are you all looking so gloomy?
the gloomy immigration office
a gloomy afternoon in February
dejected/downcast looking sad and disappointed because something you hoped for did not happen:
‘I didn’t pass,’ he said, looking dejected.
a downcast expression
He was understandably downcast after the team’s loss.
mournful especially literary looking or sounding sad:
the dog’s big mournful eyes
the mournful sound of the church bell
a mournful expression
glum looking sad and disappointed:
Don’t look so glum! Maybe you’ll win next time.
They sat in glum silence.
wistful especially literary looking a little sad and thoughtful, because you wish that the situation was different:
She looked at him with a wistful smile.
miserable very sad, especially because you are lonely, cold, ill, or upset – used about people and periods of time:
I felt miserable and blamed myself for what had happened.
Her life was miserable.
I had a miserable time at college.
depressed very sad and without hope for a long time, because things are wrong in your life or because of a medical condition:
After his wife left him, he became depressed and refused to talk to anyone.
heartbroken extremely sad because of something that has happened to someone or something that you care about very much:
She was heartbroken when her dog died.
distressed/distraught very upset because of something bad that has happened, so that you cannot think clearly:
She was very distressed when he left her.
The boy’s hospital bed was surrounded by distraught relatives.
devastated [not before noun] extremely sad and shocked, because something very bad has happened:
The whole town was devastated by the tragedy.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

SAD
Single Awareness Day (slang for Valentine's Day) 
Stand and Deliver 
Stay Another Day 
Supply And Demand

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