Antonyms for saddening
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sad-n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæd n |
Definition of saddening
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
- It is a sad mistake that religion is depressing and saddening to youth.
- Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver
- It is much used as a "saddening" agent; that is, for darkening other colours.
- Extract from : « Vegetable Dyes » by Ethel M. Mairet
- She could think of but one answer to it; this saddening enough.
- Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
- All around had assumed a saddening aspect in the vacillating moonbeams.
- Extract from : « The Red Track » by Gustave Aimard
- “The riddle of the world” had its saddening aspects for him, as it has for all earnest souls.
- Extract from : « Sermons » by Clement Bailhache
- It must be saddening to a great man to reflect that the schoolboys have no respect for him.
- Extract from : « South London » by Sir Walter Besant
- A saddening thought, but true, as many a good woman has found to her cost.
- Extract from : « The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 » by Various
- The effect of the whole is exceedingly beautiful, chaste, and saddening.
- Extract from : « Lancashire Sketches » by Edwin Waugh
- Its associations to many were pleasant, to others, saddening.
- Extract from : « Company G » by A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow
- He sighed, as if the reminiscence of past times was pleasing but saddening.
- Extract from : « The Chaplain of the Fleet » by Walter Besant and James Rice
Synonyms for saddening
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