sadadjective
uk/sæd/us/sæd/sadder, saddestsad adjective (NOT HAPPY)
A1 unhappy or sorry:
I've just received some very sad news.
She gave a sad smile.
[ + (that) ] It's sad (that) the trip had to be cancelled.
I'm so sad (that) you can't come.
[ + to infinitive ] It's sad to see so many failures this year.
I was sad to hear that they'd split up.
informal If something looks sad, it looks worse than it should because it is not being cared for:
Give those flowers some water - they're looking a little sad.
More examples
- We said our sad farewells and got on the bus.
- I don't feel angry so much as sad.
- That was such a sad film.
- I just felt sad for her.
- I was very sad when our cat died.
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Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- grieving
- miserably
- moody
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- wretched
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In bad condition
sad adjective (UNPLEASANT)
[ before noun ] not satisfactory or pleasant:
The sad fact/truth is we can't afford to provide homes for all.
a very sad state of affairs
sad to say
C1 something you say when you are telling someone about something bad that happened:
Sad to say, the ring was never found.
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Not good enough
- be not on idiom
- beneath
- cop
- deficient
- indefensible
- lame
- leave
- leave a lot to be desired idiom
- never
- on
- palm
- palm sb off with sth
- second-rate
- substandard
- unacceptable
- unacceptably
- unsatisfactory
- unsatisfying
- unsound
- weak
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Sympathy & compassion
sad adjective (BORING)
slang showing that you are not fashionable or interesting or have no friends:
You enjoy reading timetables? You sad man!
Staying at home on a Saturday night is just sad.
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Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- antiseptic
- banal
- be (as) dull as ditchwater idiom
- bland
- boring
- drab
- earthbound
- flat-footed
- lifeless
- middle-aged
- mind-numbing
- monochrome
- monotonous
- mouldy
- tedious
- threadbare
- tired
- tiresome
- trite
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sadness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈsæd.nəs/us/ˈsæd.nəs/
Examples
- She spoke of her sadness over her father's death.
- I knew that behind her smile was sadness.
- Her eyes expressed deep sadness.
- What comes across in his later poetry is a great sense of sadness.
- Her face emanated sadness.
B2
Her sadness at her grandfather's death was obvious.
Idiom(s)
sadder but wiser