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sad

UK/ˈsæd/ US/saːd/ very common slang us

adjective

1.

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
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2.

of things that make you feel sad

  • “sad news”
  • “she doesn”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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3.

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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Origin

From Middle English sad, from Old English sæd (“satisfied, full, sated, unable to handle more, weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *sad, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated, satisfied”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”). Cognate to Saterland Frisian sääd, West Frisian sêd, Dutch zat, German Low German satt, German satt. The interjection sense is a reference to frequent usage of the word as an interjection in the tweets of Q22686, 45th and 47th President of the United States (2017-2021; since 2025)); a Trumpism.

Phrases

  • get a sad on
  • make someone's ears sad
  • pack a sad
  • sad act
  • sad ass
  • sad beige
  • sad bread
  • sad case

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