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单词 sadden
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sadden

(sædən)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense saddens, past tense, past participle saddened
verb [no cont]
If something saddens you, it makes you feel sad.
The cruelty in the world saddens me incredibly. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: upset, depress, distress, grieve More Synonyms of sadden
saddened adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
He was disappointed and saddened that legal argument had stopped the trial.
saddening adjective
I find public squalor very saddening.
...a saddening experience.

sadden in British English

(ˈsædən)
verb
to make or become sad

sadden in American English

(ˈsædən)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
to make or become sad

Examples of 'sadden' in a sentence
sadden

We are deeply saddened to hear that we added to their pain and suffering.
Christianity Today (2000)
We are all deeply saddened by what has happened.
The Sun (2012)
All of us were shocked and deeply saddened by the news.
The Sun (2009)
Our lives are too short now to spend our holidays being shocked and saddened by what people are doing to the sea.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If you knew only these facts, you would be saddened but not shocked.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Family liaison officers have been assigned to the victims' families who are understandably shocked and saddened.
The Sun (2016)
I am deeply saddened and shocked by the news.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We saw from all the shocked and saddened tributes that flooded in after the news that this was the last thing in the world anyone expected.
The Sun (2011)
They are shocked and saddened.
The Sun (2013)
I am shocked, deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for what has happened to these women.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Almond said: 'I am deeply saddened and shocked.
The Sun (2006)
Almond said: 'I am deeply saddened.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The spokeswoman added: 'We are deeply saddened by his death.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The soccer charity he was backing said: 'We are deeply saddened.
The Sun (2013)
He said: 'We are deeply saddened by what has occurred and we will miss her greatly.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Which I was incredibly saddened by.
The Sun (2008)
He added: 'I was saddened.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
On hearing the news about him yesterday, I felt incredibly saddened.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
sadden

British English: sadden VERB
If something saddens you, it makes you feel sad.
The cruelty in the world saddens me incredibly.
  • American English: sadden
  • Brazilian Portuguese: entristecer
  • Chinese: 使悲伤
  • European Spanish: entristecer
  • French: attrister
  • German: betrüben
  • Italian: rattristare
  • Japanese: 悲しませる
  • Korean: 슬프게 하다
  • European Portuguese: entristecer
  • Latin American Spanish: entristecer

Chinese translation of 'sadden'

sadden

(ˈsædn)

vt

  1. [person] 使伤(傷)心 (shǐ shāngxīn)
    I was saddened to learn of his death 得知他去世我很悲痛 (dézhī tā qùshì wǒ hěn bēitòng)
(verb) 
Definition
to make (someone) sad
The cruelty in the world saddens me incredibly.
Synonyms
upset
She warned me not to say anything to upset him.
depress
The state of the country depresses me.
distress
I did not want to frighten or distress her.
grieve
It grieved me to see him in such distress.
desolate
I was desolated by the news.
cast down
bring tears to your eyes
make sad
dispirit
make your heart bleed
aggrieve
deject
cast a gloom upon

Additional synonyms

in the sense of deject
Synonyms
depress,
discourage,
dismay,
daunt,
dampen,
demoralize,
cast down,
dishearten,
dispirit
in the sense of depress
Definition
to make sad and gloomy
The state of the country depresses me.
Synonyms
sadden,
upset,
distress,
chill,
discourage,
grieve,
daunt,
oppress,
desolate,
weigh down,
cast down,
bring tears to your eyes,
make sad,
dishearten,
dispirit,
make your heart bleed,
aggrieve,
deject,
make despondent,
cast a gloom upon,
harsh someone's mellow or buzz (slang)
in the sense of desolate
Definition
to make wretched or forlorn
I was desolated by the news.
Synonyms
deject,
depress,
distress,
discourage,
dismay,
grieve,
daunt,
dishearten

Synonyms of 'sadden'

sadden

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of distress
Definition
to upset badly
I did not want to frighten or distress her.
Synonyms
upset,
worry,
trouble,
pain,
wound,
bother,
disturb,
dismay,
grieve,
torment,
harass,
afflict,
harrow,
agitate,
sadden,
perplex,
disconcert,
agonize,
fluster,
perturb,
faze,
throw (someone) off balance
in the sense of grieve
Definition
to feel or cause to feel great sorrow or distress
It grieved me to see him in such distress.
Synonyms
sadden,
hurt,
injure,
distress,
wound,
crush,
pain,
afflict,
upset,
agonize,
break the heart of,
make your heart bleed
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