Sad — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - Christina Rossetti

of things that make you feel sad; ; ; ; - Christina Rossetti

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈæd/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈad/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈad/

1 syllable Say it as /sˈæd/.

Examples

feeling sad because his dog had died
Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad
sad news

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

deplorable lamentable pitiful sorry distressing

Antonyms

glad

Parts of Speech

adjective	experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - Christina Rossetti “feeling sad because his dog had died”
adjective	of things that make you feel sad; ; ; ; - Christina Rossetti “sad news”
adjective	bad; unfortunate “my finances were in a deplorable state”

Word Forms

sadness	noun	the state of being sad
lament	verb	regret strongly
sorriness	noun	worthlessness due to insignificance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

traurig

Kummer oder Unglück erleben oder zeigen; ; -Christina Rossetti

🇫🇷French

triste

éprouver ou montrer du chagrin ou du malheur ; ; -Christina Rossetti

🇪🇸Spanish

triste

experimentar o mostrar tristeza o infelicidad; ; - Cristina Rossetti

🇮🇹Italian

triste

sperimentare o mostrare dolore o infelicità; ; - Cristina Rossetti

🇳🇱Dutch

verdrietig

verdriet of ongeluk ervaren of tonen; ; - Christina Rossetti

🇵🇹Portuguese

triste

experimentar ou demonstrar tristeza ou infelicidade; ; - Cristina Rossetti

🇷🇺Russian

грустный

переживание или проявление печали или несчастья; ; - Кристина Россетти

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दुखद

दुःख या अप्रसन्नता का अनुभव करना या दिखाना; ; - क्रिस्टीना रोसेटी

🇧🇩Bengali

দুঃখজনক

দুঃখ বা অসুখ অনুভব করা বা দেখানো; ; - ক্রিস্টিনা রোসেটি

🇮🇳Tamil

வருத்தம்

துக்கம் அல்லது மகிழ்ச்சியின்மையை அனுபவிப்பது அல்லது காட்டுவது; ; - கிறிஸ்டினா ரோசெட்டி

🇮🇳Telugu

విచారంగా ఉంది

బాధ లేదా దుఃఖాన్ని అనుభవించడం లేదా చూపించడం; ; - క్రిస్టినా రోసెట్టి

🇮🇳Marathi

दुःखी

दु: ख किंवा दुःख अनुभवणे किंवा दर्शविणे; ; - क्रिस्टीना रोसेटी

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉદાસી

દુ:ખ અથવા દુ:ખ અનુભવવું અથવા દર્શાવવું; ; - ક્રિસ્ટીના રોસેટી

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುಃಖ

ದುಃಖ ಅಥವಾ ಅಸಂತೋಷವನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ತೋರಿಸುವುದು; ; - ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟಿನಾ ರೊಸೆಟ್ಟಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദുഃഖം

ദുഃഖമോ അസന്തുഷ്ടിയോ അനുഭവിക്കുകയോ കാണിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുക; ; - ക്രിസ്റ്റീന റോസെറ്റി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਦਾਸ

ਦੁੱਖ ਜਾਂ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਭਵ ਕਰਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਦਿਖਾਉਣਾ; ; - ਕ੍ਰਿਸਟੀਨਾ Rossetti

🇵🇰Urdu

اداس

دکھ یا ناخوشی کا سامنا کرنا یا ظاہر کرنا؛ ; - کرسٹینا Rossetti

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

伤心

经历或表现出悲伤或不快乐； ; - 克里斯蒂娜·罗塞蒂

🇯🇵Japanese

悲しい

悲しみや不幸を経験したり、示したりする。 ; - クリスティーナ・ロセッティ

🇰🇷Korean

슬픈

슬픔이나 불행을 경험하거나 표현하는 것; ; - 크리스티나 로세티

🇻🇳Vietnamese

buồn

trải qua hoặc thể hiện nỗi buồn hay bất hạnh; ; - Christina Rossetti

🇹🇭Thai

เศร้า

ประสบหรือแสดงความทุกข์หรือความทุกข์ ; - คริสติน่า รอสเซตติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

sedih

mengalami atau menunjukkan kesedihan atau ketidakbahagiaan; ; - Christina Rossetti

🇵🇭Filipino

malungkot

nakakaranas o nagpapakita ng kalungkutan o kalungkutan; ; - Christina Rossetti

🇲🇾Malay

sedih

mengalami atau menunjukkan kesedihan atau ketidakbahagiaan; ; - Christina Rossetti

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حزين

تجربة أو إظهار الحزن أو التعاسة؛ ; - كريستينا روسيتي

🇮🇷Persian

غمگین

تجربه یا نشان دادن اندوه یا ناراحتی؛ ; - کریستینا روستی

🇹🇷Turkish

üzgün

üzüntü veya mutsuzluk yaşamak veya göstermek; ; -Christina Rossetti

🇮🇱Hebrew

עָצוּב

חווה או מראה צער או אומללות; ; - כריסטינה רוסטי

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