Synonyms for sadder
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sad |
| Phonetic Transcription : sæd |
Top 10 synonyms for sadder Other synonyms for the word sadder
- bereaved
- blue
- calamitous
- cheerless
- dejected
- dejecting
- deplorable
- despairing
- despondent
- disastrous
- discomposing
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dispiriting
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- down in dumps
- down in mouth
- downcast
- dreary
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- glum
- grave
- grief-stricken
- grieved
- grievous
- hapless
- heart-rending
- heartsick
- heavyhearted
- hurting
- in doldrums
- in grief
- in the dumps
- joyless
- lachrymose
- lamentable
- languishing
- low
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- morbid
- morose
- oppressive
- out of sorts
- pathetic
- pensive
- pessimistic
- pitiable
- pitiful
- poignant
- regrettable
- saddening
- serious
- shabby
- sick at heart
- somber
- sorrowful
- sorry
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tragic
- troubled
- unhappy
- unsatisfactory
- upsetting
- weeping
- wistful
- woebegone
- wretched
Définition of sadder
Origin :- Old English sæd "sated, full, having had one's fill (of food, drink, fighting, etc.), weary of," from Proto-Germanic *sathaz (cf. Old Norse saðr, Middle Dutch sat, Dutch zad, Old High German sat, German satt, Gothic saþs "satiated, sated, full"), from PIE *seto- (cf. Latin satis "enough, sufficient," Greek hadros "thick, bulky," Old Church Slavonic sytu, Lithuanian sotus "satiated," Old Irish saith "satiety," sathach "sated"), from root *sa- "to satisfy" (cf. Sanskrit a-sinvan "insatiable").
- Sense development passed through the meaning "heavy, ponderous" (i.e. "full" mentally or physically), and "weary, tired of" before emerging c.1300 as "unhappy." An alternative course would be through the common Middle English sense of "steadfast, firmly established, fixed" (e.g. sad-ware "tough pewter vessels") and "serious" to "grave." In the main modern sense, it replaced Old English unrot, negative of rot "cheerful, glad."
- Meaning "very bad" is from 1690s. Slang sense of "inferior, pathetic" is from 1899; sad sack is 1920s, popularized by World War II armed forces (specifically by cartoon character invented by Sgt. George Baker, 1942, and published in U.S. Armed Forces magazine "Yank"), probably a euphemistic shortening of common military slang phrase sad sack of shit.
- adj unhappy, depressed
- adj unfortunate, distressing
- "It is, sir; but it is sadder for George than for his friends," replied Hardy.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Poor Ophelia could scarce have been sadder than we feel, Douw, at your going.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- I have one now for your ear, truer and sadder than they were.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The old man's voice was sadder than Betty had ever heard it.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- It is a sadder voice than his own for the moment that answers, 'Only one may see me.'
- Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
- As the well-worn phrase goes, I was a sadder if not a wiser man.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- There will be some sadder and wiser Tories before the night is ended.
- Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
- Than hers, as I have said, there is in history no sadder story.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
- Jeffrey, too, caught that morning glow, only to find his task the sadder.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- Owen never returned to his mountain-home with a sadder heart.
- Extract from : « St. Patrick's Eve » by Charles James Lever
Antonyms for sadder
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