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
- 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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