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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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