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Overview of adj sad The adj sad has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (9) sad -- (experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti) 2. sad -- (of things that make you feel sad; "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti) 3. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry -- (bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs") Antonyms of adj sad 3 senses of sad Sense 1 sad (vs. glad) glad (vs. sad) => gladsome => happy, pleased => cheerful Sense 2 sad INDIRECT (VIA sorrowful) -> joyful Sense 3 deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good Similarity of adj sad 3 senses of sad Sense 1 sad (vs. glad) => bittersweet => depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening => doleful, mournful => heavyhearted => melancholy, melancholic => pensive, wistful => tragic, tragical => tragicomic, tragicomical => wistful, yearning Sense 2 sad => sorrowful (vs. joyful) Sense 3 deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry => bad (vs. good) Attributes of adj sad Familiarity of adj sad sad used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj sad sad saddening saddle-sore saddled sadistic sadomasochistic Overview of adj sad The adj sad has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (9) sad -- (experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti) 2. sad -- (of things that make you feel sad; "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti) 3. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry -- (bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs")
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