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saddening |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sadden \Sad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saddened}; p. pr & vb n. {Saddening}.] To make sad. Specifically: a To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.] Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. --Mortimer. b To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth. c To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: saddening adj : causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news" [syn: {depressing}, {depressive}, {gloomy}]
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