Sad , v. t. To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.]
How it
sadded the minister's spirits!
H. Peters.
Sad (săd),
a. [Compar. Sadder (?); supperl.
Saddest.]
[OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. sæd
satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. saðr,
saddr, Goth. saþs, 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.
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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.
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