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| Main Entry: | SAD |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See seasonal affective disorder |
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Audio Help [sad] Pronunciation Key –adjective, sad·der, sad·dest.
| 1. | affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away. |
| 2. | expressive of or characterized by sorrow: sad looks; a sad song. |
| 3. | causing sorrow: a sad disappointment; sad news. |
| 4. | (of color) somber, dark, or dull; drab. |
| 5. | deplorably bad; sorry: a sad attempt. |
| 6. | Obsolete. firm or steadfast. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE sæd grave, heavy, weary, orig. sated, full; c. G satt, Goth saths full, satisfied; akin to L satis enough, satur sated, Gk hádén enough. See satiate, saturate]
] —Related forms
sadly, adverb
sadness, noun
—Synonyms 1. unhappy, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, depressed, dejected, melancholy.
—Antonyms 1. happy.
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sād
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| the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet. |
[Origin: < Ar]
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SAD
| seasonal affective disorder. |
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adj. sad·der, sad·dest
[Middle English, weary, sorrowful, from Old English sæd, sated, weary; see sā- in Indo-European roots.] sad'ly adv., sad'ness n. Synonyms: 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). |
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| SAD
abbr. seasonal affective disorder |
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| seasonal affective disorder
n. Abbr. SAD A form of depression occurring at certain seasons of the year, especially when the individual has less exposure to sunlight. |
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sad
O.E. sæd "sated," from P.Gmc. *sathaz (cf. O.N. saðr, M.Du. sat, Du. zad, O.H.G. sat, Ger. satt, Goth. saþs "satiated"), from PIE *seto- (cf. L. satis "enough, sufficient," O.C.S. sytu, Lith. sotus, O.Ir. saith "satiety"), from base *sa- "satisfied" (cf. Skt. a-sinvan "insatiable"). Sense development seems to have passed through a meaning "heavy," and "weary, tired of" before emerging c.1300 as "unhappy." An alternate course would be through "steadfast, firm," and "serious" to "grave." In the main modern sense, it replaced O.E. unrot, negative of rot "cheerful, glad." Slang sense of "inferior, pathetic" is from 1899; sad sack is 1920s, popularized by World War II armed forces (specifically by cartoon character invented by Sgt. George Baker, 1942, and published in U.S. Armed Forces magazine "Yank"), probably a euphemistic shortening of common military slang phrase sad sack of shit. The verb sadden "to make sorrowful" is from 1600; earlier form was sade, from O.E. sadian.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| sad | |
adjective | |
| 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 [ant: glad] |
| 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 |
| 3. | bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
sad [sӕd] adjective
unhappy or causing unhappiness
Example: She's sad because her son is ill; a sad face
See also: sadden, sadlyExample: She's sad because her son is ill; a sad face
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Sad\ (s[a^]d), a. [Compar. Sadder; supperl. Saddest.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. s[ae]d satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. sa[eth]r, saddr, Goth. sa[thorn]s, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. 'a`menai to satiate, 'a`dnh enough. Cf. Assets, Sate, Satiate, Satisfy, Satire.]1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.] Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet. --Chaucer. 2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.] His hand, more sad than lump of lead. --Spenser. Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. --Mortimer. 3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. "Sad-colored clothes." --Walton. Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. --Mortimer. 4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.] "Ripe and sad courage." --Chaucer. Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. --Bacon. Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. --Ld. Berners. 5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. --Shak. The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. --Milton. 6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. 7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.] "Sad tipsy fellows, both of them." --I. Taylor. Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like. Sad bread, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Sad
Sad\, v. t. To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.] How it sadded the minister's spirits! --H. Peters.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
| SAD seasonal affective disorder |
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