sad

Definitions


[sad], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy
(e.g: I was sad and subdued)

- pathetically inadequate or unfashionable
(e.g: the show is tongue-in-cheek—anyone who takes it seriously is a bit sad)

- (of dough) heavy through having failed to rise


Phrases:
- sad to say

Origin:
Old English sæd ‘sated, weary’, also ‘weighty, dense’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zat and German satt, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin satis ‘enough’. The original meaning was replaced in Middle English by the senses ‘steadfast, firm’ and ‘serious, sober’, and later ‘sorrowful’


[ˌɛseɪˈdiː], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- seasonal affective disorder


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