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US
/ˈsæd/
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[ UK /sˈæd/ ]
[ UK /sˈæd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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bad; unfortunate
her clothes were in sad shape
a lamentable decision
a sorry state of affairs
my finances were in a deplorable state -
of things that make you feel sad
it was a very sad story
she doesn't like sad movies
When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me
sad news -
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
How To Use sad In A Sentence
- There is a tradition of magickal practice in my family but sadly it fell into abeyance a couple of generations back.
- It brings prestige to Scotland on a shoestring, and a great deal is done by people for whom it's a crusade, not a job.
- Sadly, none of a myriad of ingenious contraptions, despite inventors' claims, puts forth more energy than it absorbs.
- She and I corresponded a couple of times, but that's sad.
- The sad fact is that if the Democrats had tried to make a big issue of the matter the press would have criticized them unmercifully for spoiling the 100th birthday celebrations of a great man with their petty partisan politics.
- This proposed procurement is a continuation of an existing contractual agreement for the developed prototype NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community (NSAVC) web site. ... Curious Virtual Community Procurement - NASA Watch
- Though Jane tells herself stories, listens to stories told by others, and reads, she never writes anything other than a few letters-misaddressed and undelivered letters, at that.
- Poor Sulkorig is dead by misadventure, his head broken by the hoof of the Lord Constable's horse. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
- Employers and business groups contend that a higher minimum wage would saddle them with higher labor costs.
- Some of the most popular pairings pitted contrasting advantages and disadvantages against one another.
