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sad

  [sad]
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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 hádēn 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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sad   (sād)   
adj.   sad·der, sad·dest
  1. Affected or characterized by sorrow or unhappiness.
  2. Expressive of sorrow or unhappiness.
  3. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing: a sad movie; sad news.
  4. Deplorable; sorry: a sad state of affairs; a sad excuse.
  5. 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

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : sadly
Spanish: tristemente,
German: traurig,
Japanese: 悲しく
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