sad
adjective
[ sad ]
• feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy.
• "I was sad and subdued"
Similar:
unhappy,
sorrowful,
dejected,
regretful,
depressed,
downcast,
miserable,
downhearted,
down,
despondent,
despairing,
disconsolate,
out of sorts,
desolate,
bowed down,
wretched,
glum,
gloomy,
doleful,
dismal,
blue,
melancholy,
melancholic,
low-spirited,
mournful,
woeful,
woebegone,
forlorn,
crestfallen,
broken-hearted,
heartbroken,
inconsolable,
grief-stricken,
down in the mouth,
down in the dumps,
• pathetically inadequate or unfashionable.
• "the show is tongue-in-cheek—anyone who takes it seriously is a bit sad"
• (of dough) heavy through having failed to rise.
Origin:
Old English sæd ‘sated, weary’, also ‘weighty, dense’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zat and German satt, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin satis ‘enough’. The original meaning was replaced in Middle English by the senses ‘steadfast, firm’ and ‘serious, sober’, and later ‘sorrowful’.
SAD
abbreviation
• seasonal affective disorder.
