'SAD' definitions:
Definition of 'sad'
From: WordNet
adjective
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 [ant: glad]
adjective
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
adjective
Bad; unfortunate; "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, sad, sorry]
Definition of 'SAD'
From: GCIDE
- SAD \SAD\, n. Seasonal affective disorder. [Acron.] [PJC]
Definition of 'Sad'
From: GCIDE
- Sad \Sad\ (s[a^]d), a. [Compar. Sadder (s[a^]d"d[~e]r); superl. Saddest.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. saed 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.] [1913 Webster]
- Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.] [1913 Webster]
- His hand, more sad than lump of lead. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. "Sad-colored clothes." --Walton. [1913 Webster]
- Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.] "Ripe and sad courage." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. --Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. [1913 Webster]
- First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.] "Sad tipsy fellows, both of them." --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- Sad bread, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sad'
From: GCIDE
- Sad \Sad\, v. t. To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- How it sadded the minister's spirits! --H. Peters. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sad'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominable,
- acier,
- affecting,
- afflictive,
- anguished,
- anxious,
- arrant,
- ashen,
- ashy,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- badly off,
- base,
- beastly,
- beggarly,
- beneath contempt,
- beneath one,
- bitter,
- blackish,
- blameworthy,
- bleak,
- blue,
- bored,
- brutal,
- canescent,
- cheap,
- cheerless,
- cheesy,
- cinereous,
- cinerous,
- comfortless,
- common,
- contemptible,
- creamy,
- crummy,
- dapple,
- dapple-gray,
- dappled,
- dappled-gray,
- dark,
- dark-colored,
- darkish,
- darksome,
- debasing,
- degrading,
- dejected,
- delicate,
- demeaning,
- deplorable,
- depressed,
- depressing,
- depressive,
- desolate,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- dingy,
- dire,
- discomforting,
- disgraceful,
- disgusted,
- disgusting,
- dismal,
- dismaying,
- dispirited,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- doleful,
- dolorific,
- dolorogenic,
- dolorous,
- donsie,
- doomful,
- dove-colored,
- dove-gray,
- down,
- downbeat,
- downcast,
- dreadful,
- drear,
- dreary,
- dull,
- dumpish,
- dumpy,
- dusk,
- dusky,
- dusty,
- eggshell,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- evil-starred,
- fatal,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagrant,
- flat,
- fortuneless,
- foul,
- fulsome,
- funereal,
- funest,
- gaudy,
- gimcracky,
- glaucescent,
- glaucous,
- gloomy,
- gloss,
- grave,
- gray,
- gray-black,
- gray-brown,
- gray-colored,
- gray-drab,
- gray-green,
- gray-spotted,
- gray-toned,
- gray-white,
- grayed,
- grayish,
- grieving,
- grievous,
- grim,
- griseous,
- grizzle,
- grizzled,
- grizzly,
- gross,
- gutter,
- hapless,
- hateful,
- heavy,
- heavyhearted,
- heinous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- humiliating,
- humiliative,
- ill off,
- ill-starred,
- in adverse circumstances,
- inauspicious,
- infamous,
- infra dig,
- infra indignitatem,
- iridescent,
- iron-gray,
- joyless,
- laden with sorrow,
- lamentable,
- lead-gray,
- leaden,
- light,
- livid,
- loathsome,
- long-faced,
- lousy,
- luckless,
- mean,
- melancholic,
- melancholy,
- mellow,
- meretricious,
- mirthless,
- miserable,
- monstrous,
- morose,
- mother-of-pearl,
- mournful,
- mouse-colored,
- mouse-gray,
- mousy,
- moving,
- nacreous,
- nasty,
- nauseated,
- nauseous,
- nefarious,
- nigrescent,
- noisome,
- notorious,
- obnoxious,
- odious,
- offensive,
- ominous,
- opalescent,
- oppressed,
- opprobrious,
- out of luck,
- outrageous,
- painful,
- pale,
- paltry,
- pastel,
- pathetic,
- patinaed,
- pearl,
- pearl-gray,
- pearly,
- piteous,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- planet-struck,
- pleasureless,
- poignant,
- poor,
- prey to malaise,
- Quaker-colored,
- quiet,
- rank,
- regrettable,
- repelled,
- reprehensible,
- repulsive,
- revolted,
- rotten,
- rubbishy,
- rueful,
- sad of heart,
- sad-eyed,
- sad-faced,
- saddened,
- saddening,
- sadhearted,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- scummy,
- scurvy,
- scuzzy,
- semigloss,
- shabby,
- shameful,
- sharp,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- short of luck,
- sickened,
- silver,
- silver-gray,
- silvered,
- silvery,
- simple,
- slate-colored,
- slaty,
- smoke-gray,
- smoky,
- sober,
- soft,
- soft-colored,
- soft-hued,
- softened,
- somber,
- sombrous,
- sordid,
- sore,
- sorrowful,
- sorry,
- squalid,
- star-crossed,
- steel-gray,
- steely,
- stone-colored,
- subdued,
- subtle,
- suffering angst,
- swart,
- swarthy,
- sweet,
- taupe,
- tear-jerking,
- tender,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- touching,
- trashy,
- triste,
- trumpery,
- two-for-a-cent,
- two-for-a-penny,
- twopenny,
- twopenny-halfpenny,
- unbecoming,
- unblessed,
- unclean,
- uncomfortable,
- underprivileged,
- uneasy,
- unfortunate,
- unfulfilled,
- ungratified,
- unhappy,
- unlucky,
- unprosperous,
- unprovidential,
- unquiet,
- unsatisfied,
- unworthy of one,
- valueless,
- vile,
- villainous,
- weighed upon,
- weighted down,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched
Acronyms for 'SAD'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Security Association Database (SA, IPSec)
- Serial Analog Delay