Synonyms for saddened
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sad-n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæd n |
Top 10 synonyms for saddened Other synonyms for the word saddened
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for saddened
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