sad
//ˈsæd//
Forms
- Comparative
- sadder
- Superlative
- saddest
- Plural
- sads
Definitions
1.Emotionally negative.
- The puppy had a sad little face.
- It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
- That's the saddest-looking pickup truck I've ever seen.
2.Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.(slang)
- I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!
- You’d have to be really sad to wear a shirt like that.
1.Expressing contempt, ridicule or disgust; bah!(humorous)
1.Alternative form of saad (“Arabic letter”).
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1709
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
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”).