unsadden

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ sadden.

Verb

unsadden (third-person singular simple present unsaddens, present participle unsaddening, simple past and past participle unsaddened)

1. (transitive) To relieve from sadness; to cheer up.
   • 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:

     It unsaddens the melancholy, quickens the dull, awaketh the drowsie, &c.

Related terms

• unsad
• unsadly
• unsadness

References

• “unsadden”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dunesand, sand dune, unsanded