sad
/ˈsæd/ adjective A1- Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. · She gets sad when he's away.
- Appearing sorrowful. · The puppy had a sad little face.
- Causing sorrow; lamentable. · It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
- Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor. · That's the saddest-looking pickup truck I've ever seen.
- Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
- Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable. · You’d have to be really sad to wear a shirt like that.
Comparative sadder · Superlative saddest
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But I feel very sad.
Her sad, appealing eyes travelled from one to the other of us with a curiously inquisitive expression.
These were sad days for the little girl, although her friends were all quite happy and contented.
One of their company, an old man, said, “Let us cease lamenting, my mates, for, as it seems to me, sorrow is always the twin sister of joy; and it was only to be looked for that we, who just now were over-rejoiced, should next have something to make us sad.”
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