sadden

English

Etymology

sad +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsædən/
• Rhymes: -ædən

Verb

sadden (third-person singular simple present saddens, present participle saddening, simple past and past participle saddened)

1. To make sad or unhappy.

   It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone.

2. (intransitive, rare) To become sad or unhappy.
   • 1999, Mary Ann Mitchell, Drawn To The Grave^[1]:

     Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was.

3. (rare) To darken a color during dyeing

Translations

make sad or unhappy

• French: attrister (fr)
• Georgian: დაღონება (ka) (daḡoneba), დამწუხრება (ka) (damcuxreba), დასევდიანება (ka) (dasevdianeba).
• German: betrüben (de)
• Indonesian: memilukan (id)
• Italian: intristire (it)

• Korean: 슬프게 하다 (sulpeuge hada)
• Portuguese: entristecer (pt)
• Romanian: întrista (ro), mâhni (ro)
• Russian: печалить (ru) (pečálit’) 
• Spanish: apenar (es)

become sad or unhappy

• German: traurig werden, betrüben (de)

• Korean: 슬퍼지다 (ko)
• Maori: whakapāhi (mi)

Anagrams

• desand
• sanded