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SAD

abbr.

seasonal affective disorder

sad

(săd)

adj.sad·der,sad·dest

1. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:a sad face.

2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:a sad movie; sad news.

3. Deplorable or inadequate; sorry:a sad state of affairs; a sad excuse.

4. Dark-hued; somber.

[Middle English,weary, sorrowful, from Old Englishsæd,sated, weary; seesā- inIndo-European roots.]

sad′ly adv.

sad′ness n.

Synonyms: sad, melancholy, sorrowful, doleful, woebegone, desolate
These adjectives mean affected with or marked by unhappiness, as that caused by affliction.Sad is the most general:"Better by far you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad" (Christina Rossetti).
Melancholy can refer to lingering or habitual somberness or sadness:a melancholy poet's gloomy introspection. Sorrowful applies to emotional pain as that resulting from loss:sorrowful mourners at the funeral. Doleful describes what is mournful or morose:the doleful expression of a reprimanded child. Woebegone suggests grief or wretchedness, especially as reflected in a person's appearance:"His sorrow ... made him look ... haggard and ... woebegone" (George du Maurier).
Desolate applies to one that is beyond consolation:"Now she was desolate, a widow in a foreign country" (Nigel Hamilton).

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sad

(sæd)

adj,sadderorsaddest

1.feeling sorrow; unhappy

2.causing, suggestive, or expressive of such feelings:a sad story.

3.unfortunate; unsatisfactory; shabby; deplorable:her clothes were in a sad state.

4.informalBrit ludicrously contemptible; pathetic:he's a sad, boring little wimp.

5. (Cookery) (of pastry, cakes, etc) not having risen fully; heavy

6.(of a colour) lacking brightness; dull or dark

7.archaic serious; grave

NZ to express sadness or displeasure strongly

[Old Englishsæd weary; related to Old Norsesathr, Gothicsaths, Latinsatur, satis enough]

ˈsadlyadv

ˈsadnessn

SAD

abbreviation for

(Psychology) seasonal affective disorder

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sad

(sæd)

adj.sad•der, sad•dest.

1. affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad.

2. expressive of or characterized by sorrow: a sad song.

3. causing sorrow: sad news.

4. (of color) somber or dull; drab.

5. deplorably bad; sorry: a sad attempt.

6.Obs. firm or steadfast.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old Englishsæd grave, heavy, weary, orig. sated, full]

sad′ly,adv.

sad′ness,n.

SAD

seasonal affective disorder.

happy

–sad

There are a number of adjectives which are used to indicate how happy or sad someone is. The adjectives in the following list are arranged from 'most happy' to 'least happy':

ecstatic, elated, euphoric
His wife gave birth to their first child, and he wasecstatic about it.
'That was one of the best races of my life,' said anelated Hakkinen.
It had receivedeuphoric support from the public.
joyful, radiant, jubilant
A wedding is ajoyful celebration of love.
On her wedding day the bride looked trulyradiant.
Hogg wasjubilant after winning the men's doubles for the 10th time.
happy, cheerful, jolly
Marina was a confident,happy child.
They are both verycheerful in spite of their colds.
She was ajolly, kindhearted woman.
light-hearted
They werelight-hearted and prepared to enjoy life.
contented, fulfilled
She was gazing at him with a soft,contented smile on her face.
I feel morefulfilled doing this than I've ever done.
dissatisfied, moody, discontented
82% of voters aredissatisfied with the way their country is being governed.
David's mother was unstable andmoody.
The government tried to appeasediscontented workers.
sad, unhappy, depressed, gloomy, glum, dejected, despondent, dispirited
I'd grown fond of our little house and feltsad to leave it.
Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperatelyunhappy.
She's been verydepressed and upset about this whole situation.
Do you tend to be over-serious orgloomy?
She was veryglum and was obviously missing her children.
Everyone has days when they feeldejected or down.
I feeldespondent when my work is rejected.
I left eventually at six o'clock feeling utterlydispirited and depressed.
miserable, wretched
I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me reallymiserable.
I feel really confused andwretched.

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Adj.	1.	sad - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti glad - showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion"
	2.	sad - of things that make you feel sad; "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
	3.	sad - bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" deplorable,lamentable,pitiful,sorry,distressing bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

sad

adjective

1.unhappy,down,low,blue,depressed,gloomy,grieved,dismal,melancholy,sombre,glum,wistful,mournful,dejected,downcast,grief-stricken,tearful,lugubrious,pensive,disconsolate,doleful,heavy-hearted,down in the dumps(informal),cheerless,lachrymose,woebegone,down in the mouth(informal),low-spirited,triste(archaic),sick at heartThe loss left me feeling sad and empty.
unhappyhappy,pleased,glad,cheerful,jolly,merry,cheery,joyous,joyful,chirpy(informal),in good spirits,blithe,light-hearted

2.tragic,moving,upsetting,dark,sorry,depressing,disastrous,dismal,pathetic,poignant,harrowing,grievous,pitiful,calamitous,heart-rending,pitiablethe sad news that he had been killed in a motor-cycle accident

3.deplorable,bad,sorry,terrible,distressing,unfortunate,miserable,dismal,shabby,heartbreaking,regrettable,lamentable,wretched,to be deploredIt's a sad truth that children are the biggest victims of passive smoking.
deplorablegood

4.ridiculous,silly,pathetic,sorry,foolish-lookingsad old bikers

5.regrettable,disappointing,distressing,unhappy,unfortunate,unsatisfactory,woeful,deplorable,lamentablea sad state of affairs
regrettablefortunate

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sad

adjective

1.In low spirits:

blue,dejected,depressed,desolate,dispirited,down,downcast,downhearted,dull,dysphoric,gloomy,heavy-hearted,low,melancholic,melancholy,spiritless,tristful,unhappy,wistful.

Idiom:down at the mouth.

2.Full of or expressive of sorrow:

doleful,dolorous,lugubrious,mournful,plaintive,rueful,sorrowful,woebegone,woeful.

3.Tending to cause sadness or low spirits:

blue,cheerless,depressing,dismal,dispiriting,gloomy,joyless,melancholy.

4.Causing sorrow or regret:

deplorable,doleful,dolorous,grievous,lamentable,mournful,regrettable,rueful,sorrowful,woeful.

Translations

حَزين حَزِين

smutný

ked af detbedrøvet

traurig trist

λυπημένος θλιβερός θλιμμένος

triste melancólico

surullinen

tristedépression hivernalemalheureux

tužan

dapur

triste afflitto lugubre smorto

悲しい

슬픈

bēdīgsnoskumisskumjš

žalosten

ledsen

เศร้า

üzgün

buồn rầu

悲伤的悲哀的

sad

[sæd]

A.ADJ (sadder (compar) (saddest (superl)))

1. (=unhappy) [person, eyes, smile] →triste
I'm sadthat I won't be able to play football any more →estoytriste porque novoy a podervolver ajugar alfútbol →meentristece no podervolver ajugar alfútbol
we were sadaboutorat the news of her illness →nosentristecióor nosapenó enterarnos de suenfermedad
tobecome sad →entristecerse,ponerse triste
tofeel sad →sentirse triste, estartriste
togrow sad =to become sad
to be sad atheart →estarprofundamente triste →tener elcorazón oprimido
tomake sb sad →entristecerorponer triste a algn
he left a sadder and awiser man →cuando semarchó era unhombre escarmentado

2. (=distressing) [story, occasion, loss] →triste; [news] →malo,triste
it is my sadduty to inform you that →tengo elpenoso deber de informarlede que ...
the sadfactortruth is that →latriste realidad es que ...
how sad! →¡quétriste!, ¡quépena!
it is sad tosee such expertise wasted →eslamentableor dapena ver tantapericia echada aperder
it was a sadsight →era unatriste escena

3. (=deplorable) [situation, state of affairs] →lamentable,penoso
it's a sadbusiness →es unasunto lamentable
a sadmistake →unerror lamentable
sad tosay →lamentablemente

4. (pej) (=pathetic) [performance, attempt, joke] →penoso
what sadpeople they must be if they have to complain about a little innocent fun →si sequejan de que lagente lopase bien unrato esrealmente como para tenerlespena

B.CPDsad sackN (US) →inútilmf

SAD

Position of "triste"
You should generally puttriste after the noun when translatingsad in the sense of "unhappy", and before the noun in the sense of "distressing":He always seemed a sad little boySiempre pareció un niño triste...the sad reality......la triste realidad...

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

SAD

[ˈsæd]n (=seasonal affective disorder) →dépressionfsaisonnière

sad

[ˈsæd]adj

(=unhappy) [person, feeling] →triste
to be sad to see sth
He was sad to see her go →Il étaittriste de la voir partir.
to be sad that ...
I'm sad that they're splitting up →Ça m'attriste qu'ils seséparent., Ça merend triste qu'ils seséparent.
to feel sad →être triste
to make sb feel sad →rendre qntriste

(=causing sadness) [news, tale] →triste; [film, book, ending] →triste
I have some sad news for you →J'ai unetriste nouvelle à t'apprendre.
Something very sad happened yesterday →Il s'est passéquelque chose detrès triste hier.
sad to say, ... →malheureusement, ...

(=deplorable) [lack, failure] →triste, fâcheux/euse
it's a sad state of affairs →c'est unesituation bientriste, c'est unesituation bienfâcheuse
It's a sad state of affairs when people are afraid to go out at night →C'est bientriste que lesgens aientpeur desortir lanuit.

(=socially inadequate) [person] →paumé(e)
sad computer nerds →desinformaticiens binoclards pauméssad casen(socially inadequate person) he's a real sad case →c'est unpauvre type

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sad

adj (+er)

→traurig;loss →schmerzlich;disappointment →schlimm;mistake, lack →bedauerlich;to feelsad →traurig sein;he wassad to see her go →er warbetrübt, dass siewegging;it makes mesad to think that … →derGedanke betrübt mich, dass …;to besad at heart(liter) →zutiefst betrübt sein(geh);he left asadder and wiser man →erging betrübt undgeläutert weg;thesad death of our father →derschmerzliche Verlust unseresVaters;howsad for you! →wieschrecklich für Sie!, wietraurig!;asad state of affairs →einetraurige Sache;it’s asad business →es ist einetraurige Angelegenheit;thesad fact/truth is that … →dietraurige Wahrheit ist, dass …;sad to say, …(= regrettably) →bedauerlicherweise …

(inf)(= pathetic) →bedauernswert;(= unfashionable) →uncool(inf);whatsad people they must be if they have nothing better to do →was fürbedauernswerte Menschen, die nichtsBesseres zu tun haben;she’s asad case →sie ist einbedauernswerter Fall;it’s prettysad stuff for a writer of his ability →für einenSchriftsteller seines Formats ist dastraurig

sad

sad-eyed

adj →traurig blickendattr

sad-faced

adj →traurig blickendattr, →mittraurigem Gesichtsausdruck

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sad

[sæd]adj (-der (comp) (-dest (superl)))

a. (sorrowful, depressing) →triste
to make sb sad →rattristare qn
how sad! →chetristezza!
sadder but wiser →maturato/a dall'esperienza

b. (deplorable) →deplorevole
sad but true →ètriste ma ècosì
it's a sad state of affairs when ... →lasituazione è propriotriste quando...

sad

(sӕd) adjective

unhappy or causing unhappiness.She's sad because her son is ill;a sad face. hartseerحَزين тъжен triste smutnýtraurig ked af det; bedrøvetθλιμμένος,λυπημένοςtriste,melancólico kurb غمگين surullinentristeעצוב उदास tužan, žalostan szomorú sedih dapurtriste 悲しい 슬픈 liūdnas bēdīgs; skumjš; noskumis sedihtreurigtrist,vemodig,sorgfullsmutny خپه، خواشينى، غمجن: خواوهونكىtriste tristпечальный smutný; vážny, skľúčený žalosten tužan ledsen, sorgsen, sorglig ที่ไม่เป็นสุข; ที่น่าเศร้าüzgün 悲傷的 сумний; понурий غمگین buồn rầu悲哀的

ˈsadness noun

hartseerحُزْن тъга tristeza smutek die Traurigkeit sorgθλίψη,μελαγχολίαtristeza,melancolía kurbus غمگيني surumielisyystristesseעצב विषाद tuga szomorúság kesedihan dapurleikitristezza 悲しみ 슬픔 liūdesys skumjas kesedihantreurigheidvemod,tristhetsmutek خپګان، غمجن توب، خواشينى tristeza tristeţeпечаль smútok žalost tuga tungsinthet, svårmod, sorgsenhet ความเศร้าhüzün 悲傷 сум, журба اداسی sự buồn rầu悲哀

ˈsadden verb

to make or become sad.She was saddened by her son's ingratitude. hartseer يُحْزِن натъжавам entristecer zarmoutit (se)betrüben gøre ked af det; gøre bedrøvetθλίβω,θλίβομαιentristecer kurvaks tegema غمگين كردن surettaaattrister לְהִתעַצֵב दुखी होना rastužiti elszomorít membuat sedih hryggja, verða hryggurrattristare,rattristarsi 悲しませる 슬프게하다 nuliūdinti apbēdināt; bēdāties; skumt disedihkan treurig maken gjøre/bli trist zasmucić (się) خپه كول، خواشينى كول entristecer a (se) întristaпечалить zarmútiť (sa) (raz)žalostiti rastužiti göra (bli) ledsen (sorgsen) ทำให้เศร้าโศกเสียใจ üzmek 使悲傷 сумувати, журитися غمگین کرنا làm cho (ai) buồn, trở nên buồn使悲哀

ˈsadly adverb

He stared sadly at the ruins of his house. hartseer بِحُزْنٍ، بِصورةٍ حَزينَه тъжно tristemente smutnětraurig bedrøvetλυπημένα,μελαγχολικάtristemente kurvalt غمگينانه surullisestitristement בְּצַעַר दुर्भाग्यवश से tužno, žalosno szomorúan dengan sedih dapurlegatristemente 悲しく 슬프게도 liūdnai bēdīgi; skumji dengan sedihtreurigtrist,sørgmodig,vemodig smutnie په خپګان، په غمجنه توګه tristemente tristпечально smutne žalostno tužno sorgset อย่างเศร้าโศกเสียใจ üzgün bir şekilde 悲傷地 сумно اداسی سے một cách buồn bã悲痛地

sad

→حَزِين smutný ked af dettraurigλυπημένοςtriste surullinentriste tužantriste 悲しい 슬픈treurigtristsmutnytristeпечальный ledsen เศร้าüzgün buồn rầu悲伤的

sad

a. triste, desconsolado-a.

sad

adj (compsadder;supersaddest) triste

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