| sad (sæd) |
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| — adj , sadder , saddest |
| 1. | feeling sorrow; unhappy |
| 2. | 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. | (of pastry, cakes, etc) not having risen fully; heavy |
| 6. | (of a colour) lacking brightness; dull or dark |
| 7. | archaic serious; grave |
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| — vb |
| 8. | ( NZ ) to express sadness or displeasure strongly |
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| [Old English sæd weary; related to Old Norse sathr, Gothic saths, Latin satur, satis enough] |
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