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sad
[sad]
–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 hádēn enough. See satiate, saturate
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 hádēn enough. See satiate, saturate

Related forms:
sadly, adverb
sadness, noun
Synonyms:
1. unhappy, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, depressed, dejected, melancholy.
1. unhappy, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, depressed, dejected, melancholy.
Antonyms:
1. happy.
1. happy.
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Sadly
Sad"ly\, adv. 1. Wearily; heavily; firmly. [Obs.] In go the spears full sadly in arest. --Chaucer. 2. Seriously; soberly; gravely. [Obs.] To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. --Milton. 3. Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably. "He sadly suffers in their grief." --Dryden.
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Language Translation for : sadly
Spanish:
tristemente,
German:
traurig,
Japanese:
悲しく
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