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sad·den

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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to make or become sad.

[Origin: 1590–1600; sad + -en¹

]

—Related forms

sad·den·ing·ly, adverb

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tr. & intr.v. sad·dened, sad·den·ing, sad·dens
To make or become sad.

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sadden
verb
1.	make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me" [ant: gladden]
2.	come to feel sad [ant: gladden]

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ˈsadden verb

to make or become sad
Example: She was saddened by her son's ingratitude.

Arabic:	يُحْزِن
Chinese (Simplified):	使悲哀
Chinese (Traditional):	使悲哀
Czech:	zarmoutit (se)
Danish:	gøre ked af det; gøre bedrøvet
Dutch:	treurig maken
Estonian:	kurvaks tegema
Finnish:	tehdä surulliseksi, tulla surulliseksi
French:	(s')attrister
German:	betrüben
Greek:	θλίβω, θλίβομαι
Hungarian:	elszomorít
Icelandic:	hryggja, verða hryggur
Indonesian:	membuat sedih
Italian:	rattristare, rattristarsi

Japanese:	悲しませる
Korean:	…을 슬프게 하다; 슬퍼지다
Latvian:	apbēdināt; bēdāties; skumt
Lithuanian:	nuliūdinti
Norwegian:	gjøre, *bli trist
Polish:	zasmucić (się)
Portuguese (Brazil):	entristecer(-se)
Portuguese (Portugal):	entristecer
Romanian:	a (se) întrista
Russian:	(о)печалить(ся)
Slovak:	zarmútiť (sa)
Slovenian:	(raz)žalostiti
Spanish:	entristecer(se)
Swedish:	göra (bli) ledsen (sorgsen)
Turkish:	üzmek

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Sadden

Sad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saddened; p. pr. & vb. n. Saddening.] To make sad. Specifically: (a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.]

Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. --Mortimer. (b) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth. (c) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.

Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. --Pope.

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Sadden

Sad"den\, v. i. To become, or be made, sad. --Tennyson.

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