Synonyms for saddest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sad |
| Phonetic Transcription : sæd |
Top 10 synonyms for saddest Other synonyms for the word saddest
- 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 saddest
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
- After the benediction came one of the saddest moments of the day.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- The saddest part of loss, I think, is that one so soon gets over it.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Fairest, forlornest, and saddest of all the cities, and dearest!
- Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
- The saddest sights have often the most ridiculous contrasts.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- The saddest smile in all creation passed across Galusha's face.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Now did her heart fail her, and she sang the saddest song she had yet sung.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
- It is one of the saddest things to think of, how she has been mated.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- He thought that the dim eyes gazing into his were the saddest he had ever beheld.
- Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
- My sleeping thoughts were of the saddest; and when I awoke, I could not shake them off.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- "Far, far from it; it is the saddest and cruelest of all my life," muttered she, half to herself.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
Antonyms for saddest
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