verb
Meaning 1
To make sad or unhappy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deject, depress
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sadden
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsædən/
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rhymes with -ædən
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verb
Meaning 2
To become sad or unhappy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: get a sad on, unhappy, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, darken, engrieve, erme, gloom, grieve, grieven, bleed, lament, moan, mourn, remorse, repent, regret, rue, sigh, sorrow, wayment, yearn
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To darken a color during dyeing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shade, tinge
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To render heavy, hard, or cohesive; to compress or thicken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deepen, thicken
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
make unhappy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The news of her death saddened me
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: gladden
Broader terms: affect, impress, move, strike
Narrower terms: weigh down, weigh on
verb
Meaning 6
come to feel sad
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: gladden
Broader terms: feel, experience
History
Etymology
From Middle English saddenen, equivalent to sad + -en.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Amharic: አሳዘነ (ʾäsazänä) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Arabic: أَحْزَنَ (ʔaḥzana) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Arabic: حَزَّن (ḥazzan) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Arabic: زَعَّل (zaʕʕal) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Azerbaijani: kədərləndirmək — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Basque: goibeldu — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Bulgarian: натъжавам (natǎžavam) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Bulgarian: опечалявам (opečaljavam) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Catalan: entristir — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Esperanto: ĉagreni — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- French: attrister — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Galician: magoar — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Galician: entristecer — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Georgian: დაღონება (daɣoneba) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Georgian: დამწუხრება (damc̣uxreba) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Georgian: დასევდიანება (dasevdianeba) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- German: betrüben — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Greek: λυπώ (lypó) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Hebrew: העציב (he'etzív) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Hungarian: elszomorít — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Ido: chagrenigar — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Indonesian: memilukan — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Italian: intristire — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Italian: rattristare — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Italian: rattristire — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Korean: 슬프게 하다 (seulpeuge hada) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Māori: whakaaroha — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Māori: whakapāhi — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Māori: whakakiwakiwa — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Māori: whakahinapōuri — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Occitan: entristesir — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Oromo: gaddisiisuu — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Polish: smucić — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Polish: zasmucać — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Polish: zasmucić — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Portuguese: entristecer — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Romanian: întrista — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Romanian: mâhni — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Russian: печа́лить (pečálitʹ) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Russian: опеча́ливать (opečálivatʹ) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Russian: опеча́лить (opečálitʹ) — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Spanish: apenar — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Spanish: entristecer — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Spanish: contristar — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Turkish: üzmek — transitive: make sad or unhappy
- Azerbaijani: kədərlənmək — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- Basque: goibeldu — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- Bulgarian: натъжавам се (natǎžavam se) — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- Bulgarian: опечалявам се (opečaljavam se) — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- Catalan: entristir-se — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- German: traurig werden — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- German: sich betrüben — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- Italian: rattristarsi — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- Italian: intristire — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- Korean: 슬퍼지다 (seulpeojida) — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- Māori: whakapāhi — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- Portuguese: entristecer — intransitive: become sad or unhappy
- Turkish: üzülmek — intransitive: become sad or unhappy