sad·den
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| to make or become sad. |
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sadden
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| sad·den
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tr. & intr.v. sad·dened, sad·den·ing, sad·dens To make or become sad. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| sadden | |
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| 1. | make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me" [ant: gladden] |
| 2. | come to feel sad [ant: gladden] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈsadden verb
to make or become sad
Example: She was saddened by her son's ingratitude.
See also: sadly, sadExample: She was saddened by her son's ingratitude.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Sadden
Sad"den\, v. i. To become, or be made, sad. --Tennyson.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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