sad
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sad, from Old English sæd (“sated, full”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated, satisfied”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sad (comparative sadder or more sad, superlative saddest or most sad)
- (heading) Emotionally negative.
- Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
- She gets sad when he's away.
- c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- First were we sad, fearing you would not come; / Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.
- Appearing sorrowful.
- The puppy had a sad little face.
- Causing sorrow; lamentable.
- It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
- (Can we date this quote by G. K. Chesterton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The Great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, / For all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess[1]:
- The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
- Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
- That's the saddest-looking pickup truck I've ever seen.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.127:
- Heaven knows what cash he got, or blood he spilt, / A sad old fellow was he, if you please […].
- Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
- this is either used crude, and called Sulphur Vive, and is of a sadder colour; or after depuration, such as we have in magdeleons of rolls, of a lighter yellow.
- (Can we date this quote by Izaak Walton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- sad-coloured clothes
- {{rfdatek|en|John Mortimer]
- Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colours.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
- Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
- (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
- (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
- (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Vprose Sir Guyon, in bright armour clad, / And to his purposd iourney him prepar'd: / With him the Palmer eke in habit sad, / Him selfe addrest to that aduenture hard […]
- (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- ripe and sad courage
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- which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties
- (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
- (Can we date this quote by Isaac Taylor and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.
- (Can we date this quote by Isaac Taylor and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
- I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!
- (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
- (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
- sad bread
- (Can we date this quote by Edmund Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- his hand, more sad than lump of lead
- {{rfdatek|en|John Mortimer]
- Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad.
Synonyms
- (feeling mentally uncomfortable): discomforted, distressed, uncomfortable, unhappy
- (low in spirits): depressed, down in the dumps, glum, melancholy
- (moving, full of feeling): poignant, touching
- (causing sorrow): lamentable
- (poor in quality): pitiful, sorry
- See also Thesaurus:sad
- See also Thesaurus:lamentable
Antonyms
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Further reading
- “sad”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sad”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
Noun
sad (plural sads)
- Alternative form of saad (“Arabic letter”)
Anagrams
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sad
Adverb
sad
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sadъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
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Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Danish
Verb
sad
Gothic
Romanization
sad
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌳
Livonian
Alternative forms
- (Courland) sa'd
Etymology
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Noun
sad
- precipitiation (hail, rain, snow)
Lower Sorbian
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Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sadъ (“plant, garden”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian sad, Polish sad (“orchard”), Czech sad (“orchard”), Russian сад (sad, “orchard, garden”), Old Church Slavonic садъ (sadŭ, “plant, garden”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sad m ?
- fruit (food)
Declension
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”).
Adjective
sad (comparative sadoro, superlative sadost)
Declension
Strong declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | sad | sade | sad | sade | sad | sadu |
accusative | sadana | sade | sad | sade | sada | sadu |
genitive | sades | sadarō | sades | sadarō | sadaro | sadarō |
dative | sadumu | sadum | sadumu | sadum | sadaro | sadum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | sado | sadu | sada | sadu | sada | sadu |
accusative | sadun | sadun | sada | sadun | sadun | sadun |
genitive | sadun | sadonō | sadun | sadonō | sadun | sadonō |
dative | sadun | sadum | sadun | sadum | sadun | sadum |
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | sadoro | sadoru | sadora | sadoru | sadora | sadoru |
accusative | sadorun | sadorun | sadora | sadorun | sadorun | sadorun |
genitive | sadorun | sadoronō | sadorun | sadoronō | sadorun | sadoronō |
dative | sadorun | sadorum | sadorun | sadorum | sadorun | sadorum |
Strong declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | sadost | sadoste | sadost | sadoste | sadost | sadostu |
accusative | sadostana | sadoste | sadost | sadoste | sadosta | sadostu |
genitive | sadostes | sadostarō | sadostes | sadostarō | sadostaro | sadostarō |
dative | sadostumu | sadostum | sadostumu | sadostum | sadostaro | sadostum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | sadosto | sadostu | sadosta | sadostu | sadosta | sadostu |
accusative | sadostun | sadostun | sadosta | sadostun | sadostun | sadostun |
genitive | sadostun | sadostonō | sadostun | sadostonō | sadostun | sadostonō |
dative | sadostun | sadostum | sadostun | sadostum | sadostun | sadostum |
Descendants
- Middle Low German sat
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sadъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
sad m inan (diminutive sadek)
Declension
Related terms
Related terms
- (verb) sadzić
Further reading
Scots
Etymology
From Old English sæd.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sad (comparative sadder, superlative saddest)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *sьda, *sьgoda.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adverb
sȁd (Cyrillic spelling са̏д)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *saditi (“to plant”). Compare Serbo-Croatian saditi and Russian сад (sad)
Pronunciation
Noun
sȃd m (Cyrillic spelling са̑д)
- plant nursery, plantation, orchard (specialized facility rather than a home garden)
- a seeding or sapling from a plant nursery
Declension
References
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sadъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
sad m (genitive singular sadu, nominative plural sady, genitive plural sadov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “sad”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
sȃd m inan
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, long mixed accent, plural in -ôv- | |||
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nom. sing. | sád | ||
gen. sing. | sadú | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
sád | sadôva | sadôvi |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
sadú | sadôv | sadôv |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
sádu | sadôvoma | sadôvom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
sád | sadôva | sadôve |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
sádu | sadôvih | sadôvih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
sádom | sadôvoma | sadôvi |
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | sád | ||
gen. sing. | sáda | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
sád | sáda | sádi |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
sáda | sádov | sádov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
sádu | sádoma | sádom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
sád | sáda | sáde |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
sádu | sádih | sádih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
sádom | sádoma | sádi |
Wakhi
Etymology
Numeral
sad
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