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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'sad', 'SAD': /ˈsæd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sæd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sad)

Inflections of 'sad' (adj):

sadder: adj comparative

saddest: adj superlative

sad /sæd/USA pronunciation adj., sad•der, sad•dest.

feeling unhappiness or grief:to feel sad.
expressing or causing sorrow:a sad song.
awfully bad;
sorry:a sad attempt to make a joke.

sad•ly, adv.: She shook her head sadly as she read about the famine.
sad•ness, n. [uncountable]

sad (sad),USA pronunciation adj., sad•der, sad•dest.

affected by unhappiness or grief;
sorrowful or mournful:to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
expressive of or characterized by sorrow:sad looks; a sad song.
causing sorrow:a sad disappointment; sad news.
(of color) somber, dark, or dull;
drab.
deplorably bad;
sorry:a sad attempt.
[Obs.]firm or steadfast.

bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English sæd grave, heavy, weary, origin, originally sated, full; cognate with German satt, Gothic saths full, satisfied; akin to Latin satis enough, satur sated, Greek hádēn enough. See satiate, saturate

sad′ly, adv.
sad′ness, n.

sād (säd),USA pronunciation n.

the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

Arabic

SAD,

seasonal affective disorder.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

sad /sæd/ adj (sadder, saddest)

feeling sorrow; unhappy
causing, suggestive, or expressive of such feelings: a sad story
unfortunate; unsatisfactory; shabby; deplorable: her clothes were in a sad state
Brit informal ludicrously contemptible; pathetic: he's a sad, boring little wimp

Etymology: Old English sæd weary; related to Old Norse sathr, Gothic saths, Latin satur, satis enoughˈsadly adv ˈsadness n

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

SAD abbreviation for

seasonal affective disorder

'sad' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

darken - disconsolate - dreary - Duparc - extremely - face - flamenco - gloomy - graft - Gunn - heartbreaking - heavy - heavy-hearted - lachrymose - melancholy - mournful - Neusatz - Novi Sad - really - sadden - saddo - sadiron - sate - seasonal affective disorder - sorry - tearful - touch - tragedy - triste - unhappy - Upanishad - very - Vojvodina - woebegone - words - alone - American saddle horse - apology - black - blue - boots and saddles - break - case - commentary - countenance - depress - depressed - desolate - divert - down

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Collocations: am sad to [see you go, hear that, leave], sad about [leaving, forgetting], am sad for those who have, more...

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