5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sad \Sad\ (s[a^]d), a. [Compar. {Sadder}; supperl. {Saddest}.]
[OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS s[ae]d
satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS sad, G. satt, OHG. sat,
Icel. sa[eth]r, saddr, Goth. sa[thorn]s, Lith. sotus, L. sat,
satis, enough, satur sated, Gr 'a`menai to satiate, 'a`dnh
enough. Cf {Assets}, {Sate}, {Satiate}, {Satisfy},
{Satire}.]
1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.]
Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto
them it is a bitter sweet. --Chaucer.
2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close hard. [Obs., except in a
few phrases; as sad bread.]
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.
[Obs.] ``Ripe and sad courage.'' --Chaucer.
Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. --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. [Colloq.] ``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. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed;
cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous;
afflictive; calamitous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sad \Sad\, v. t.
To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.]
How it sadded the minister's spirits! --H. Peters.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sad
adj 1: experiencing or showing or causing sorrow or unhappiness;
"feeling sad because his dog had died"; "a sad movie";
"sad news"; "Better by far that you should forget and
smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"-
Christina Rossetti [ant: {glad}]
2: experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or
discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with
her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an
unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the
unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad" [syn: {unhappy}]
[ant: {happy}]
3: expressive of sorrow; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no
sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti
4: very bad "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a
lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a
sorry state of affairs" [syn: {deplorable}, {distressing},
{lamentable}, {pitiful}, {sorry}]
v : make unhappy; 'The news of her death saddened me' [syn: {sadden}]
[ant: {gladden}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
SAD
{Systems Analysis Definition}
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
SAD
Serial Analog Delay
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