Antonyms for saddens

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sad-n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæd n

Definition of saddens

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 :

In this apparently natural derivation there is something that saddens.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

The covetousness or the malignity which saddens me when I ascribe it to society, is my own.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It saddens heart of Mighty Hand to see anger in face of his brother.
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

Anxiety for your sister does not cloud your pleasure alone, but saddens me too.
Extract from : « The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete » by Georg Ebers

A great and a dead solitude, says some feminine heart; it alarms, it saddens me.
Extract from : « The Sea » by Jules Michelet

The warmth of the home she has but just left comes to her mind and she saddens.
Extract from : « The Sea » by Jules Michelet

Whatever saddens you saddens me: where you love, I love; when you mourn, I mourn.
Extract from : « Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo » by Louis Guimbaud

Even in the gayest hours of festival, it appalls and saddens all hearts.
Extract from : « Life of Chopin » by Franz Liszt

Consider how much I say to you in these words; it saddens me to think that so much was necessary.
Extract from : « A Crystal Age » by W. H. Hudson

"The Major is so broken that it saddens me," she said, when these offices of hostess were accomplished.
Extract from : « The Battle Ground » by Ellen Glasgow

Synonyms for saddens

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