» sad
Adjective (3 meanings)
1. 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.
sad is the opposite of:
- glad (adjective) - showing or causing joy and pleasure
Derivationally related form:
- sadness, unhappiness (noun) - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
- sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness (noun) - the state of being sad
sad is similar to:
- bittersweet (adjective) - tinged with sadness
- doleful, mournful (adjective) - filled with or evoking sadness
- heavyhearted (adjective) - depressed
- melancholy, melancholic (adjective) - characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
- pensive, wistful (adjective) - showing pensive sadness
- tragic, tragical (adjective) - very sad
- tragicomic, tragicomical (adjective) -
2. 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.
Derivationally related form:
- gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness (noun) - the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
sad is similar to:
- sorrowful (adjective) -
3. bad; unfortunate.
Examples:
- “my finances were in a deplorable state”,
- “a lamentable decision”,
- “her clothes were in sad shape”,
- “a sorry state of affairs”
Derivationally related form:
- to deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan (verb) - regret strongly
- gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness (noun) - the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
- paltriness, sorriness (noun) - worthlessness due to insignificance
sad is similar to:
- bad (adjective) - having undesirable or negative qualities