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–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

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—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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adj. 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.

[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).
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).

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sadly
adverb
1.	in an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild" [ant: happily]
2.	with sadness; in a sad manner; "'She died last night,' he said sadly"
3.	in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: deplorably]

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ˈsadly adverb

Example: He stared sadly at the ruins of his house.

Arabic:	بِحُزْنٍ، بِصورةٍ حَزينَه
Chinese (Simplified):	悲痛地
Chinese (Traditional):	悲痛地
Czech:	smutně
Danish:	bedrøvet
Dutch:	treurig
Estonian:	kurvalt
Finnish:	surullisesti
French:	tristement
German:	traurig
Greek:	λυπημένα, μελαγχολικά
Hungarian:	szomorúan
Icelandic:	dapurlega
Indonesian:	dengan sedih
Italian:	tristemente

Japanese:	悲しく
Korean:	슬프게, 비탄에 젖어
Latvian:	bēdīgi; skumji
Lithuanian:	liūdnai
Norwegian:	trist, sørgmodig, vemodig
Polish:	smutnie
Portuguese (Brazil):	tristemente
Portuguese (Portugal):	tristemente
Romanian:	trist
Russian:	печально
Slovak:	smutne
Slovenian:	žalostno
Spanish:	tristemente
Swedish:	sorgset
Turkish:	üzgün bir şekilde