Word Meanings - SAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. sæd satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. tt, OHG. sat, sa, saddr, Goth. saps, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. Assets, Sate, Satiate, 1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. Yet of
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tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. sæd satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. tt, OHG. sat, sa, saddr, Goth. saps, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. Assets, Sate, Satiate, 1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet. Chaucer. His hand, more sad than lump of lead. Spenser. Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. Mortimer. 3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. "Sad-colored clothes." Walton. Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. Mortimer. 4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. "Ripe and sad courage." Bacon. Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. Ld. Berners. 5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. Shak. The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. Milton. 6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. 7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. "Sad tipsy fellows, both of them." I. Taylor. Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like. Sad bread, heavy bread. Bartlett. Syn. -- Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SAD)
- Bitter
- Harsh
- sour
- sharp
- tart
- acrimonious
- sarcastic
- severe
- sad
- afflictive
- intense
- stinging
- pungent
- acrid
- cutting
- Deplorable
- Lamentable
- miserable
- pitiable
- calamitous
- disastrous
- Disconsolate
- Sad
- forlorn
- melancholy
- inconsolable
- brokenhearted
- sorrowful
- unhappy
- desolate
- woful
- Dull
- Stupid
- stolid
- doltish
- insensible
- callous
- heavy
- gloomy
- dismal
- cloudy
- turbid
- opaque
- dowdy
- sluggish
- tiresome
- commonplace
- dead
- Grave
- serious
- momentous
- weighty
- pressing
- sedate
- demure
- thoughtful
- sober
- sombre
- solemn
- important
- aggravated
- cogent
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SAD)
Related words: (words related to SAD)
- SERIOUS
1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. Macaulay. 2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting - DEMURE
good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores manners, morals ; or more prob. fr. OF. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe in a phrase preceded by de, as de 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest - GRAVES
The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves. - STINGBULL
The European greater weever fish , which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever. - BITTERWEED
A species of Ambrosia ; Roman worm wood. Gray. - GRAVEDIGGER
See T (more info) 1. A digger of graves. - SOLEMNIZATION
The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage. - DESOLATE
1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an - STING RAY; STINGRAY
Any one of numerous rays of the family Dasyatidæ, syn. Trygonidæ, having one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines, on the whiplike tail, capable of inflicting severe wounds. Some species reach a large size, and some, esp., on the American - OPAQUENESS
The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity. Dr. H. More. - SHARPLY
In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely. They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish. Spenser. The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward. You contract your eye when you would see sharply. Bacon. - TURBIDITY
Turbidness. - SOLEMNIZE
1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers - AGGRAVATING
1. Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances. 2. Exasperating; provoking; irritating. A thing at once ridiculous and aggravating. J. Ingelow. - SEDATE
Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper. Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth. - MISERABLENESS
The state or quality of being miserable. - ACRIDLY
In an acid manner. - SOLEMN
Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious; - SHARPER
A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester. Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. L'Estrange. Syn. -- Swindler; cheat; deceiver; trickster; rogue. See Swindler. - BITTERS
A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped. - DISPLANTATION
The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh. - SUPPLANT
heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the - CONTRADISTINGUISH
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke. - WASTING
Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. Wasting palsy , progressive muscular atrophy. See under Progressive. - DISINTERESTING
Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton. - INDISTINGUISHABLE
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form - PERSISTING
Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. -- Per*sist"ing*ly, adv. - EVERLASTINGLY
In an everlasting manner.