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sad

/sæd/

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adjective
bad; unfortunate
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"her clothes were in sad shape"

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deplorable distressing lamentable pitiful sorry bad
adjective
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
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"feeling sad because his dog had died" "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"

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bittersweet doleful heavyhearted melancholic melancholy mournful pensive tragic tragical tragicomic tragicomical wistful

Opposite:

glad
adjective
of things that make you feel sad
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"sad news" "she doesn't like sad movies" "it was a very sad story" "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"

Similar:

sorrowful

Examples of sad

"her clothes were in sad shape"
"feeling sad because his dog had died"
"Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"
"sad news"
"she doesn't like sad movies"
"it was a very sad story"
"When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"