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Translingual
Symbol
sad
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sandawe .
See also
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 ” ) . Cognate to West Frisian sêd , Dutch zat , German satt .
Pronunciation
Adjective
sad (comparative sadder or more sad , superlative saddest or most sad )
( heading ) Emotionally negative.
Feeling sorrow ; sorrowful , mournful .
Synonyms: depressed , down in the dumps , glum , melancholy ; see also Thesaurus:sad
Antonyms: cheerful , gleeful , happy , upbeat ; see also Thesaurus:happy
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 Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , , page 219 , column 2:Firſt were we ſad , fearing you would not come, / Now ſadder that you come ſo vnprouided: [ …]
1667 , John Milton , “Book IX ”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker ; nd by Robert Boulter ; nd Matthias Walker, , →OCLC ; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873 , →OCLC , line 18 :[ …] Th’ Angelic Guards aſcended, mute and ſad [ …]
Appearing sorrowful .
The puppy had a sad little face.
2010 February, Eric Rentschler, Itoh's Ghost , iUniverse, →ISBN , →OCLC , page 54 :We need a sad man. Give us a sad man.” Tomo gave the look of a sad man, then followed with the body of a sad man. “That's it, more of that. can you manufacture a mole right here? Yes, a very ugly mole. Right here, on the chin. [ …]
Causing sorrow ; lamentable .
Synonyms: deplorable , saddening ; see also Thesaurus:lamentable
It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
1911 , G. K. Chesterton , The Ballad of the White Horse :The Great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, / For all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad .
Poor in quality, bad ; shameful , deplorable ; later, regrettable , poor .
Synonyms: pitiful , sorry ; see also Thesaurus:low-quality
Antonym: decent
That's the saddest -looking pickup truck I've ever seen.
1819 July 15, [Lord Byron ], Don Juan , London: Thomas Davison , , →OCLC , canto II, stanza CXXVII, page 182 :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 .
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dim , Thesaurus:dark colour
1650 , Thomas Browne , “Compendiously of Sundry Other Common Tenents, Concerning Minerall and Terreous Bodies, Which Examined, Prove Either False or Dubious”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , 2nd edition, London: A Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath Ekins, , →OCLC , 2nd book, page 69 :[ …] this is either uſed crude, and called ſulphur vive, and is of a ſadder colour; or after depuration, ſuch as we have in magdeleons or rols of a lighter yellow.
1679 , Izaak Walton , The Life of Bishop Robert Sanderson :sad -coloured clothes
1707 , J Mortimer , The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. , London: J H for H Mortlock , and J Robinson , →OCLC :Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of many colours, especially all sad colours.
( obsolete ) Sated , having had one's fill; satisfied , weary .
( obsolete ) Steadfast , valiant .
( obsolete ) Dignified , serious , grave .
Synonyms: staid , stern ; see also Thesaurus:serious
1590 , Edmund Spenser , “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe ] for William Ponsonbie , →OCLC , stanza 3, page 348 :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: [ …]
( obsolete ) Naughty ; troublesome ; wicked .
Synonyms: mischievous , roguish , vexatious
1859 , Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds :Mr. Santon laughed, and merely said,—"Oh, you cruel beauty!" returning to his paper again; but, seated in the bay-window was one, who could not thus lightly look upon the conduct of the coquettish Winnie, for it was evident she was a sad coquette.
1860 , Isaac Taylor, “Essay III. Modern Advancements and Lay Inventors.”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays , London: Bell and Daldy , →OCLC , section IX, page 227 :In ſuch places, it would not be doubted, that a grim Daniel Scroggins, and an aproned Sam Smith, might be found—ſad tipſy fellows, both of them, to whoſe ingenuity this or that mechanical improvement had been due.
( 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
1590 , Edmund Spenser , “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe ] for William Ponsonbie , →OCLC , stanza 30, page 299 :[ …] his hand, more ſad then lomp of lead, [ …]
1707 , J Mortimer , The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. , London: J H for H Mortlock , and J Robinson , →OCLC :Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad .
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of colours: dark, sombre, dull
feeling sorrow
Ainu: エラムヌペクㇱ ( eramunupekus )
Albanian: i mërzitur (sq) , i pikëlluar (sq)
American Sign Language: 5@NearInsideNosehigh-PalmBack-5@NearInsideNosehigh-PalmBack 5@NearInsideNeckhigh-PalmBack-5@NearInsideNeckhigh-PalmBack
Arabic: حَزِين ( ḥazīn )
Hijazi Arabic: زعلان m ( zaʕlān ) , مُتْضَايِق ( mutḍāyig )
North Levantine Arabic: زعلان m ( zaʕlān )
South Levantine Arabic: زعلان m ( zaʕlān )
Armenian: տխուր (hy) ( txur )
Azerbaijani: qəmgin (az) , kədərli , qəmli (az)
Basque: goibel , triste
Belarusian: су́мны ( súmny )
Bengali: দুঃখিত (bn) ( dukkhito ) , উদাস (bn) ( udaś )
Bikol Central: mamundo (bcl)
Bulgarian: мрачен (bg) ( mračen ) , печа́лен (bg) ( pečálen ) , тъ́жен (bg) ( tǎ́žen )
Burmese: ညှိုးငယ် (my) ( hnyui:ngai ) , ဝမ်းနည်းသော (my) ( wam:nany:sau: )
Catalan: trist (ca) m , trista (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 唔開心 / 唔开心 ( m4 hoi1 sam1 )
Mandarin: 哀傷 / 哀伤 (zh) ( āishāng ) , 悲傷 / 悲伤 (zh) ( bēishāng ) , 憂傷 / 忧伤 (zh) ( yōushāng )
Czech: smutný (cs)
Danish: trist
Dutch: triest (nl) , verdrietig (nl)
Erzya: нусманя ( nusmańa )
Esperanto: malgaja
Estonian: kurb (et)
Finnish: surullinen (fi)
French: triste (fr)
Friulian: avilît
Galician: triste (gl)
Georgian: სევდიანი ( sevdiani ) , დარდიანი ( dardiani ) , მწუხარე ( mc̣uxare ) , ნაღვლიანი ( naɣvliani )
German: traurig (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃 ( gaurs )
Greek: θλιμμένος (el) ( thlimménos ) , λυπημένος (el) ( lypiménos ) , στενοχωρημένος (el) ( stenochoriménos )
Hawaiian: kaumaha , luʻuluʻu
Hebrew: עָצוּב (he) ( atzúv )
Hindi: उदास (hi) ( udās ) , दुखी (hi) ( dukhī )
Hungarian: szomorú (hu)
Icelandic: dapur (is)
Ido: trista (io)
Indonesian: sedih (id)
Ingrian: pahameeliin
Irish: brónach
Italian: triste (it)
Japanese: 悲しい (ja) ( かなしい, kanashii )
Javanese: susah (jv)
Kazakh: қайғылы ( qaiğyly ) , көңілсіз ( köñılsız ) , мұңайлы ( mūñaily )
Khmer: កន្លេង (km) ( kɑnleɛŋ )
Korean: 슬프다 (ko) ( seulpeuda )
Krymchak: опранмах , бехсун ( bekhsun )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xemgîn (ku)
Kyrgyz: кайгылуу (ky) ( kaygıluu ) , капалуу (ky) ( kapaluu ) , муңайынкы (ky) ( muŋayınkı ) , муңдуу (ky) ( muŋduu )
Lao: ກ່ຳ ( kam ) , ກຳສວນ ( kam sūan ) , ຕອມ ( tǭm )
Latgalian: skumeigs , žāls
Latin: tristis , maestus (la)
Latvian: skumjš , bēdīgs
Lithuanian: liūdnas (lt)
Louisiana Creole French: tris
Luxembourgish: trauereg (lb)
Macedonian: та́жен ( tážen )
Malay: sedih (ms)
Maltese: imdejjaq
Manx: (please verify ) anghennal
Maori: hinapouri
Middle English: sad , drery
Mongolian: уйтгартай ( ujtgartaj ) , гунигтай ( gunigtaj )
Ndzwani Comorian: na hamu
Norwegian: trist , lei seg
Occitan: trist (oc) m , trista (oc) f
Old English: drēoriġ
Pashto: غمجن (ps) ( ğamjan ) , خپه (ps) ( xapa ) , خواشينی (ps) ( xwâšinay )
Persian: غمگین (fa) ( ğamgin ) , دژم (fa) ( dožam )
Polish: smutny (pl)
Portuguese: triste (pt)
Quechua: llakisqa
Romagnol: abatù
Romanian: trist (ro) , tristă f , abătut (ro) m or n , abătută (ro) f
Russian: гру́стный (ru) ( grústnyj ) , печа́льный (ru) ( pečálʹnyj )
Sanskrit: खिन्न (sa) ( khinna )
Scots: sad , dule
Scottish Gaelic: brònach , dubhach , gruamach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жалостан , тужан
Roman: žalostan (sh) , tužan (sh)
Slovak: smutný (sk)
Slovene: žalosten (sl)
Spanish: triste (es)
Swedish: ledsen (sv) , sorgsen (sv)
Tagalog: malungkot
Tajik: ғамгин (tg) ( ġamgin )
Thai: เศร้า (th) ( sâo ) , เศร้าโศก ( sâo-sòok )
Tibetan: སྐྱོ་པོ ( skyo po )
Turkish: üzgün (tr) , mutsuz (tr) , kaygılı (tr) , tasalı (tr) , gamlı (tr) , mağmum (tr) , mahzun (tr) , melul (tr) , kırık kalpli ( figurative ) , kalbi kırık (tr) ( figurative )
Turkmen: gamgyn , gamly (tk) , gaýgyly (tk)
Ukrainian: смутни́й ( smutnýj ) , сумни́й ( sumnýj )
Urdu: اداس ( udās ) , دکھی ( dukhī )
Uzbek: qaygʻuli (uz) , gʻamgin
Vietnamese: buồn (vi) , buồn bả , buồn rầu (vi)
Welsh: trist (cy)
Yiddish: טרויעריק ( troyerik )
Zazaki: mırozın m , mırozıne f
causing sorrow, lamentable
poor in quality, deplorable
slang: socially inadequate or undesirable
dialect: soggy
— see soggy
Translations to be checked
Albanian: (please verify ) trishtuar (sq)
Dutch: (please verify ) bedroefd (nl) , (please verify ) droevig (nl) , (please verify ) treurig (nl) , (please verify ) triest (nl) , (please verify ) verdrietig (nl) (3, 4)
Hebrew: (please verify ) עצוב (he) ( atzúv )
Indonesian: (please verify ) sendu (id) , (please verify ) sedih (id)
Korean: (please verify ) 슬픈 (ko) ( seulpeun )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: (please verify ) دڵ تەنگ ( dill teng )
Northern Kurdish: (please verify ) xemgîn (ku)
Norwegian: (please verify ) trist (1,2), (please verify ) rørende (3)
Scottish Gaelic: (please verify ) fo mhulad , (please verify ) fo ghruaim , (please verify ) cianail , (please verify ) dòlasach , (please verify ) truagh , (please verify ) tùrsach , (please verify ) muladach
Serbo-Croatian: (please verify ) tužan (sh) , (please verify ) utučen (sh) , (please verify ) sumoran (sh) , (please verify ) turoban (sh) , (please verify ) tmuran (sh) , (please verify ) žalostan (sh)
Swedish: (please verify ) olycklig (sv) (1,2)
Telugu: (please verify ) విచారము (te) ( vicāramu ) , (please verify ) దిగులు (te) ( digulu )
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 .
Verb
sad (third-person singular simple present sads , present participle sadding , simple past and past participle sadded )
( transitive , archaic ) To make melancholy ; to sadden or grieve (someone).
16?? , John Webster, Appius and Virginia
My father's wondrous pensive, and withal / With a suppress'd rage left his house displeas'd, / And so in post is hurried to the camp: / It sads me much; to expel which melancholy, / I have sent for company.
Etymology 2
Noun
sad (plural sads )
Alternative form of saad ( “ Arabic letter ” )
Etymology 3
From Donald Trump 's frequent usage of the word sad ( “ shameful , deplorable ; later, regrettable , poor ” ) as an interjection in his tweets ; a Trumpism .
Interjection
sad
( Internet slang , sometimes humorous ) Expressing contempt , ridicule or disgust ; bah !
Anagrams
ADS , Ads , das , ASD , DAS , ADs , ad.'s , ads. , DSA , AdS , SDA , ads , DAs , DA's
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَاد ( ṣād ) .
Noun
sad (definite accusative sadı , plural sadlar )
the Arabic letter ص
Declension
Further reading
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Adverb
sad
( focus ) also ; too
( after a negative ) either
Czech
sad
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Czech sad , from Proto-Slavic *sadъ .
Noun
sad m inan
orchard
Declension
Declension of sad (hard masculine inanimate )
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
sad
genitive plural of sada
Further reading
“sad ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“sad ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“sad ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Verb
sad
past of sidde
Gothic
Romanization
sad
Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌳
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sato .
Noun
sad
precipitation (hail, rain, snow)
Lower Sorbian
sad
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 inan
fruit ( food )
Declension
Declension of sad
singular (uncountable)
Nominative
sad
Genitive
sada
Dative
sadoju
Accusative
sad
Instrumental
sadom
Locative
saźe
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English sæd , from Proto-West Germanic *sad , from Proto-Germanic *sadaz , from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- .
Pronunciation
Adjective
sad (plural and weak singular sadde , comparative saddere , superlative saddest )
sated , weary ( having had enough )
firm , solid , hard :
steady , enduring
intense , powerful , severe
secure ( inspiring trust )
dense , thick , tightly -packed
considered , thoughtful , serious
1387–1400 , Geoffrey Chaucer , “The Clerke of Oxenfordes Tale ”, in The Canterbury Tales , ,
→OCLC ; republished in [
William Thynne ], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542 ,
→OCLC ,
folio xlix, verso , column 2, line 4:
sad ( inspiring or having sorrow )
authentic , true , genuine
( of colors ) dark , deep
Descendants
Adverb
sad (comparative saddere )
firmly , solidly , steadily
strongly , intensely
seriously , consideredly
sadly ( in a sorrowful way )
Descendants
English: sad ( dialectal )
Scots: sad
References
Etymology 2
Noun
sad
( Early Middle English ) Alternative form of seed ( “ seed ” )
Etymology 3
Verb
sad
Alternative form of saden
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sad , from Proto-Germanic *sadaz , from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- ( “ to satiate, satisfy ” ) .
Adjective
sad (comparative sadoro , superlative sadost )
full , sated , satiated
weary
Declension
Comparative forms of sad (weak only)
Descendants
Polish
sad
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sadъ .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈsat/
Rhymes: -at
Syllabification: sad
Noun
sad m inan (diminutive sadek , related adjective sadowy )
( agriculture , horticulture ) orchard ( land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
sad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
sad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic садъ ( sadŭ ) .
Noun
sad n (plural saduri )
( dated ) orchard
Declension
Scots
Etymology
From Old English sæd .
Pronunciation
Adjective
sad (comparative sadder , superlative saddest )
grave , serious
strange , remarkable
sad
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьda , *sьgoda .
Pronunciation
Adverb
sȁd (Cyrillic spelling са̏д )
now
currently
presently
Etymology 2
sȃd
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sadъ . Compare 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
“sad ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
“sad ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sadъ .
Pronunciation
Noun
sad m inan (genitive singular sadu , nominative plural sady , genitive plural sadov , declension pattern of dub )
garden , orchard , plantation
Declension
Declension of
sad (pattern
dub )
Derived terms
Further reading
“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 , 2003–2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sȃdъ ( “ plant, garden ” ) , from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sādas .
Pronunciation
Noun
sȃd m inan
( archaic or literary ) fruit
Synonyms: sadež , plod
( literary ) result , outcome
Synonyms: rezultat , izraz , odraz , pridobitev , otrok , output , posledica , produkt , plod
( obsolete ) child , young direct offspring
Synonyms: otrok , dete , froc , malček , otroček , otročič , otročiček , otrokec , pamž , pestovanček , pestovanec , spestovanec
Antonyms: starš , roditelj , rodnik , starši
Zdrava, Marija, milosti polna, Gospod je s Teboj, blagoslovljena si med ženami in blagoslovljen je sad Tvojega telesa Jezus. ― Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
( literary , rare ) consequence
Synonyms: posledica , nasledek , nastopek , posledek , plod
Usage notes
Unlike plod , sad is used more when the edibility is stressed, rather than the seeds it contains.
Declension
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Derived terms
See also
Further reading
“sad ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU , portal Fran
“sad ”, in Termania , Amebis
See also the general references
Tat
Etymology
Cognate with Persian صد ( sad ) .
Numeral
sad
hundred
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic صَاد ( ṣād ) .
Noun
sad
Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ص
Wakhi
Etymology
Compare Tajik сад ( sad ) .
Numeral
sad
hundred