Antonyms for saddened

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sad-n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæd n

Definition of saddened

Origin : "to make sorrowful," 1620s, from sad + -en (1). Earlier verb was simply sade, from Old English sadian, which also could be the immediate source of the modern verb. Intransitive meaning "to become sad" is from 1718. Related: Saddened; saddening.

verb upset, depress

Example sentences :

The country was saddened, moreover, with grievous sicknesses.
Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"I have not said you were not right, Douw," she answered, with saddened slowness.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

And why should he have saddened her by his doubts, since he was so desirous of her cure?
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

I felt upset and saddened, so sad that I imagined everything was over for me.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

But it has saddened me to think that you did not deem me worthy of a closer confidence.
Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

It saddened them as if it had been a member of the household.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

But you—you must not stay here too long, you must not be saddened by an old woman's moods.
Extract from : « Three Margarets » by Laura E. Richards

The sight of the old place had awakened memories which saddened him.
Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice

The thought made him feel a little better, but it saddened him, too, just a bit.
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

This it was that saddened the souls of the two children with a gloom which no sunshine could dispel.
Extract from : « A Ghetto Violet » by Leopold Kompert

Synonyms for saddened

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