Sadden

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make or become sad.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make sad or unhappy.
  • v. To become sad or unhappy.
  • v. To darken a color during dyeing
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To render heavy or cohesive.
  • v. To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.
  • v. To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.
  • verb-intransitive. To become, or be made, sad.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To become heavy, compact, or firm; harden, as land or roads after a thaw or rain.
  • To become sad or sorrowful.
  • To make compact; make heavy or firm; harden.
  • To make sad; depress; make gloomy or melancholy.
  • To make dark-colored; specifically, in dyeing and calico-printing, to tone down or shade (the colors employed) by the application of certain agents, as salts of iron, copper, or bichromate of potash.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make unhappy
  • v. come to feel sad
  • Antonym
    gladden    cheer   
    Verb Form
    saddened    saddening    saddens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    feel    experience   
    Cross Reference
    grieve   
    Form
    saddened    saddening   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    distress    depress    contrist   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nevadan    gladden    hadden    madden   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    downcast    perturb    abashed    sorrowful    ashamed    contrite    perplex    pensive    crestfallen    discomfit