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Webster 1913 Edition


Sad

Sad

(săd)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sadder
(săd′dẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Saddest
.]
[OE.
sad
sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS.
saed
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.
ἄμεναι
to satiate,
ἄδνη
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.
Shakespeare
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.
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.

Sad

,
Verb.
T.
To make sorrowful; to sadden.
[Obs.]
How it
sadded
the minister’s spirits!
H. Peters.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sad

SAD

,
Adj.
[It is probable this word is from the root of set. I have not found the word is from the root of set. I have not found the word in the English sense, in any other language.]
1.
Sorrowful; affected with grief; cast down with affliction.
Th' angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.
Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life.
2.
Habitually melancholy; gloomy; not gay or cheerful.
See in her cell sad Eloisa spread.
3.
Downcast; gloomy; having the external appearance of sorrow; as a sad countenance. Matt. 6.
4.
Serious; grave; not gay, light or volatile.
Lady Catherine, a sad and religious woman.
5.
Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
6.
Dark colored.
Woad or wade is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors.
[This sense is, I believe, entirely obsolete.]
7.
Bad; vexatious; as a sad husband. [Colloquial.]
8.
Heavy; weighty; ponderous.
With that his hand more sad than lump of lead. Obs.
9.
Close; firm; cohesive; opposed to light or friable.
Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. Obs.
[The two latter senses indicate that the primary sense is set, fixed.]

Definition 2024


säd

säd

See also: sad, SAD, sąd, sæd, sæð, and sáð

Swedish

Noun

säd c (uncountable)

  1. grain; harvested seeds
  2. semen

Declension

Synonyms

  • (semen): sädesvätska