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sad
SADabbr. seasonal affective disorder
sad S0012600 (săd)adj. sad·der, sad·dest 1. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness: a sad face.2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing: a sad movie; sad news.3. Deplorable or inadequate; sorry: a sad state of affairs; a sad excuse.4. Dark-hued; somber.
[Middle English, weary, sorrowful, from Old English sæd, sated, weary; see sā- in Indo-European roots.]
sad′ly adv.sad′ness n.Synonyms: sad, melancholy, sorrowful, doleful, woebegone, desolate
These adjectives mean affected with or marked by unhappiness, as that caused by affliction. Sad is the most general: "Better by far you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad" (Christina Rossetti).
Melancholy can refer to lingering or habitual somberness or sadness: a melancholy poet's gloomy introspection. Sorrowful applies to emotional pain as that resulting from loss: sorrowful mourners at the funeral. Doleful describes what is mournful or morose: the doleful expression of a reprimanded child. Woebegone suggests grief or wretchedness, especially as reflected in a person's appearance: "His sorrow ... made him look ... haggard and ... woebegone" (George du Maurier).
Desolate applies to one that is beyond consolation: "Now she was desolate, a widow in a foreign country" (Nigel Hamilton).sad (sæd) adj, sadder or saddest1. feeling sorrow; unhappy2. causing, suggestive, or expressive of such feelings: a sad story. 3. unfortunate; unsatisfactory; shabby; deplorable: her clothes were in a sad state. 4. informal Brit ludicrously contemptible; pathetic: he's a sad, boring little wimp. 5. (Cookery) (of pastry, cakes, etc) not having risen fully; heavy6. (of a colour) lacking brightness; dull or dark7. archaic serious; gravevbNZ to express sadness or displeasure strongly[Old English sæd weary; related to Old Norse sathr, Gothic saths, Latin satur, satis enough] ˈsadly adv ˈsadness n
SAD abbreviation for (Psychology) seasonal affective disorder sad (sæd)
adj. sad•der, sad•dest. 1. affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad. 2. expressive of or characterized by sorrow: a sad song. 3. causing sorrow: sad news. 4. (of color) somber or dull; drab. 5. deplorably bad; sorry: a sad attempt. 6. Obs. firm or steadfast. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English sæd grave, heavy, weary, orig. sated, full] sad′ly, adv. sad′ness, n. SAD seasonal affective disorder. happy sadThere are a number of adjectives which are used to indicate how happy or sad someone is. The adjectives in the following list are arranged from 'most happy' to 'least happy': - ecstatic, elated, euphoricHis wife gave birth to their first child, and he was ecstatic about it.'That was one of the best races of my life,' said an elated Hakkinen.It had received euphoric support from the public.
- joyful, radiant, jubilantA wedding is a joyful celebration of love.On her wedding day the bride looked truly radiant.Hogg was jubilant after winning the men's doubles for the 10th time.
- happy, cheerful, jollyMarina was a confident, happy child.They are both very cheerful in spite of their colds.She was a jolly, kindhearted woman.
- light-heartedThey were light-hearted and prepared to enjoy life.
- contented, fulfilledShe was gazing at him with a soft, contented smile on her face.I feel more fulfilled doing this than I've ever done.
- dissatisfied, moody, discontented82% of voters are dissatisfied with the way their country is being governed.David's mother was unstable and moody.The government tried to appease discontented workers.
- sad, unhappy, depressed, gloomy, glum, dejected, despondent, dispiritedI'd grown fond of our little house and felt sad to leave it.Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy.She's been very depressed and upset about this whole situation.Do you tend to be over-serious or gloomy?She was very glum and was obviously missing her children.Everyone has days when they feel dejected or down.I feel despondent when my work is rejected.I left eventually at six o'clock feeling utterly dispirited and depressed.
- miserable, wretchedI took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable.I feel really confused and wretched.
Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | sad - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossettiglad - showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion" | | 2. | sad - of things that make you feel 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"- Christina Rossettisorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 | | 3. | sad - bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sorry, distressingbad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
sadadjective1. unhappy, down, low, blue, depressed, gloomy, grieved, dismal, melancholy, sombre, glum, wistful, mournful, dejected, downcast, grief-stricken, tearful, lugubrious, pensive, disconsolate, doleful, heavy-hearted, down in the dumps (informal), cheerless, lachrymose, woebegone, down in the mouth (informal), low-spirited, triste (archaic), sick at heart The loss left me feeling sad and empty.
unhappy happy, pleased, glad, cheerful, jolly, merry, cheery, joyous, joyful, chirpy (informal), in good spirits, blithe, light-hearted2. tragic, moving, upsetting, dark, sorry, depressing, disastrous, dismal, pathetic, poignant, harrowing, grievous, pitiful, calamitous, heart-rending, pitiable the sad news that he had been killed in a motor-cycle accident3. deplorable, bad, sorry, terrible, distressing, unfortunate, miserable, dismal, shabby, heartbreaking, regrettable, lamentable, wretched, to be deplored It's a sad truth that children are the biggest victims of passive smoking.
deplorable good4. ridiculous, silly, pathetic, sorry, foolish-looking sad old bikers5. regrettable, disappointing, distressing, unhappy, unfortunate, unsatisfactory, woeful, deplorable, lamentable a sad state of affairs
regrettable fortunatesadadjective1. In low spirits:blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful.Idiom: down at the mouth.2. Full of or expressive of sorrow:doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, rueful, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful.3. Tending to cause sadness or low spirits:blue, cheerless, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, joyless, melancholy.4. Causing sorrow or regret:deplorable, doleful, dolorous, grievous, lamentable, mournful, regrettable, rueful, sorrowful, woeful.Translationssad (sӕd) adjective unhappy or causing unhappiness. She's sad because her son is ill; a sad face. 悲傷的 悲哀的ˈsadness noun 悲傷 悲哀ˈsadden verb to make or become sad. She was saddened by her son's ingratitude. 使悲傷 使悲哀ˈsadly adverbHe stared sadly at the ruins of his house. 悲傷地 悲痛地sad
a sad state (of affairs)A particularly unfortunate, unpleasant, and/or upsetting situation or set of circumstances. Their company has been in a sad state after Jonathan took over. It's a sad state of affairs when you can no longer be sure how you're going to feed your children each night.See also: sad, statetoo (something) for wordsSo extremely (something) that it cannot be described in words. Marie, you are too kind for words. How can I ever thank you?See also: wordsadder but wiserKnowledgeable or experienced after having gone through something unpleasant or unfortunate. We came through the economic disaster sadder but wiser, hopefully better prepared for such disasters in the future. I left the dinner sadder but wiser, understanding just how entrenched her family's bigotry still is.See also: but, sad, wisera (kind of) reflection on (someone or something)That which presents a particular kind of opinion about or informs the reputation of someone or something. The staff you hire to serve customers are the best reflection on your restaurant as a whole. I feel like parents only want their children to behave in public because they know they'll be a poor reflection on them otherwise. The decay and ruin these landmarks are in is unfortunately a sad reflection on the economic state of our city.See also: on, reflectionsad sack1. noun A hopelessly inept, blundering person who can't do anything right. That poor sad sack Sarah has been stuck in the same dead-end role in this company for years.2. noun A sad, moping person, especially one who refuses to try and improve their mood or situation. Don't be such a sad sack—I know you're disappointed about missing the concert, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun tonight! He just sat there like a sad sack, sulking in the corner of the party.3. verb To be in a sad, moping mood, especially while refusing to try and improve one's mood or situation. Usually used in the continuous tense; sometimes hyphenated. If you don't quit sad sacking back there, I'm going to turn the car around and drive us all straight back home! Bill's been sad-sacking around the office ever since he got passed over for the promotion.See also: sack, sada sad sightSome instance or situation that arouses an intense feeling of sadness or pity. It was such a sad sight to behold, having to watch the child be taken from her mother like that. As I entered the clearing, I came upon the sad sight of a deer that had been caught in a bear trap.See also: sad, sightit is a poor heart that never rejoicesEven someone who tends to feel sad can find great joy, amusement, or delight in or about something. I'm sure this vacation will perk him up. It is a poor heart that never rejoices, after all.See also: heart, never, poor, rejoice, thatit is a sad heart that never rejoicesEven someone who tends to feel sad can find great joy, amusement, or delight in or about something. I'm sure this vacation will perk him up. It is a sad heart that never rejoices, after all.See also: heart, never, rejoice, sad, thatdisappointed at someone or something and disappointed in someone or somethingbecoming sad because of someone or something. I am really disappointed at what you did. I am very disappointed in you. That was a terrible thing to do. They were disappointed in the outcome.See also: disappointedIt is a poor heart that never rejoices. and It is a sad heart that never rejoices.Prov. Even a habitually sad person cannot be sad all the time. (Sometimes used to indicate that a habitually sad person is happy about something.) Jill: I've never seen Sam smile before, but today, at his retirement party, he smiled. Jane: It is a poor heart that never rejoices.See also: heart, never, poor, rejoice, thatsadder but wiserCliché unhappy but knowledgeable [about someone or something--after an unpleasant event]. After the accident, I was sadder but wiser, and would never make the same mistake again. We left the meeting sadder but wiser, knowing that we could not ever come to an agreement with Becky's aunt.See also: but, sad, wisersorry sight and sad sighta sight that one regrets seeing; someone or something that is unpleasant to look at. Well, aren't you a sorry sight! Go get cleaned up and put on some fresh clothes.See also: sight, sorrysadder but wiserUnhappy but having learned from one's mistakes, as in Sadder but wiser, she's never going near poison ivy again. The pairing of these two adjectives was first recorded in Samuel Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798). See also: but, sad, wisersad sackA singularly inept person, as in Poor George is a hopeless sad sack. This term alludes to a cartoon character, Sad Sack, invented by George Baker in 1942 and representing a soldier in ill-fitting uniform who failed at whatever he tried to do. It was soon transferred to clumsily inept civilians. See also: sack, sadsad sack an inept blundering person. informal, chiefly USSee also: sack, sada sad, poor, etc. reflection on something a thing which damages somebody’s/something’s reputation: The increase in crime is a sad reflection on our society today.See also: on, reflection, somethingtoo funny, sad, etc. for ˈwords extremely funny, sad, etc: The man in the post office was too stupid for words.See also: wordsad mod. poor; undesirable. This steak is really sad. sad sack n. a sad person; a listless or depressed person. Tom always looks like such a sad sack. See also: sack, sadsadder and/but wiserEnlightened by an unfortunate experience; learning from one’s mistakes. The pairing of these two thoughts appears in the concluding stanza of Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (1798): “He went like one that hath been stunned,/And is of sense forlorn:/A sadder and a wiser man,/He rose the morrow morn.”See also: and, but, sad, wisersad sack, aA pathetically inept individual. The term comes from a cartoon character named Sad Sack, invented by Sgt. George Baker and very popular during World War II. Baker’s representation of a limp-looking soldier in ill-fitting, loose-hanging uniform, who tried to do his best but was neither smart nor lucky and consequently failed at whatever he undertook, caught on, and the name was transferred to the inept in civilian life.See also: sadsad state of affairs, aAn unhappy condition, unfortunate circumstances. The use of state of affairs to describe events or circumstances originated as the more ambiguous state of things, which was first recorded in 1555. Affairs began to be used about two centuries later. R. L. Green played on it in The Land of Lord High Tiger: “Sad affairs of State! Sad state of affairs! Affairs of a sad state.” It is sometimes put as sorry state of affairs.See also: of, sad, stateSAD
SADSystems Analysis DefinitionSAD
seasonal affective disorder (SAD) a mood disorder characterized by depression, extreme lethargy, increased need for sleep, overeating, and carbohydrate craving. It recurs each year in one or more specific seasons, most commonly the winter months, and is hypothesized to be related to melatonin levels.SADAbbreviation for seasonal affective disorder.SADabbr. seasonal affective disorderseasonal affective disorder A clinical form of depression with an onset in the late fall and remission in the spring; female:male ratio, 2:1.
Pathogenesis
Uncertain; reduced daily sunlight causes a drop in serotonin; PET scan data has linked depression to an increased in blood flow through the anterior limbic system, which may ultimately lead to hypoactivity; melatonin is decreased in women in summer and unchanged in men.
Management
Some SAD patients respond to high-intensity light, which alters the circadian rhythm, a therapy that is most effective in the morning; a light intensity of 10,000 lux viewed at close range may reset the biological clock.SAD Seasonal affective disorder, see there. SAD Abbreviation for seasonal affective disorder. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)Amooddisorder characterized by depression during the winter months. An estimated 11 million Americans experience SAD.Mentioned in: PhototherapySAD Abbreviation for seasonal affective disorder. Patient discussion about SADQ. I may be healthier now, but miserable… I’ve not been smoking for a whole month (my longest period in the last decade), and I do feel a bit better physically, but it seems that I lost the joy of life – I don’t go out with my friends any more (because they’re all smokers), I envy other smokers, and generally I feel nervous and dull. Will it be like that forever or is there hope?A. Well, try to think about what are you missing? The foul smell? The yellow teeth? The feeling of suffocating next morning? Whenever you feel longing to cigarettes, try to think again why you stopped smoking- and it’d help you to keep with it. Q. i get in to depression suddenly from a very calm mood. I get in to depression suddenly from a very calm mood. I am having a high mood swing for nearly a year. Sometimes I become crazy and start to jump on the roads. The other minute I do remember something from past and go in to deep depression. Due to this continuous change in my mood I am not able to concentrate on my studies. With this behavior I have lost some of my good friends too. This has put me in continuous stress and I have almost forgotten my good night sleep. My friends say that I am a bipolar…. A. Rohan,
The others are right, it would be benificial to you to seek professional help... You are saying that you have things in your past that are causing you stress, those things need to be worked through with a professional. You do not hve to continue suffering... Seek a proper diagnosis and you will get treatments that can help you feel much better... Q. I’m often getting mood swings and depression. I’m fresher to my college. I’m often getting mood swings and depression. I don’t have close friend in this college, to share my thoughts. And I think there’s no point in life. And I don't want to do anything. Help me.A. Well, depression and mood swings are common to all. So don’t worry about that. You need to talk to someone who is close to you and try to talk with your doctor, and a small amount of meds will help out a lot and won’t make you sick. Good luck!!! More discussions about SADSAD
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sad
Synonyms for sadadj unhappySynonyms- unhappy
- down
- low
- blue
- depressed
- gloomy
- grieved
- dismal
- melancholy
- sombre
- glum
- wistful
- mournful
- dejected
- downcast
- grief-stricken
- tearful
- lugubrious
- pensive
- disconsolate
- doleful
- heavy-hearted
- down in the dumps
- cheerless
- lachrymose
- woebegone
- down in the mouth
- low-spirited
- triste
- sick at heart
Antonyms- happy
- pleased
- glad
- cheerful
- jolly
- merry
- cheery
- joyous
- joyful
- chirpy
- in good spirits
- blithe
- light-hearted
adj tragicSynonyms- tragic
- moving
- upsetting
- dark
- sorry
- depressing
- disastrous
- dismal
- pathetic
- poignant
- harrowing
- grievous
- pitiful
- calamitous
- heart-rending
- pitiable
adj deplorableSynonyms- deplorable
- bad
- sorry
- terrible
- distressing
- unfortunate
- miserable
- dismal
- shabby
- heartbreaking
- regrettable
- lamentable
- wretched
- to be deplored
Antonymsadj ridiculousSynonyms- ridiculous
- silly
- pathetic
- sorry
- foolish-looking
adj regrettableSynonyms- regrettable
- disappointing
- distressing
- unhappy
- unfortunate
- unsatisfactory
- woeful
- deplorable
- lamentable
AntonymsSynonyms for sadadj in low spiritsSynonyms- blue
- dejected
- depressed
- desolate
- dispirited
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- dull
- dysphoric
- gloomy
- heavy-hearted
- low
- melancholic
- melancholy
- spiritless
- tristful
- unhappy
- wistful
adj full of or expressive of sorrowSynonyms- doleful
- dolorous
- lugubrious
- mournful
- plaintive
- rueful
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- woeful
adj tending to cause sadness or low spiritsSynonyms- blue
- cheerless
- depressing
- dismal
- dispiriting
- gloomy
- joyless
- melancholy
adj causing sorrow or regretSynonyms- deplorable
- doleful
- dolorous
- grievous
- lamentable
- mournful
- regrettable
- rueful
- sorrowful
- woeful
Synonyms for sadadj experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappinessAntonymsadj of things that make you feel sadRelated Wordsadj badSynonyms- deplorable
- lamentable
- pitiful
- sorry
- distressing
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