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Synonyms & Antonyms for sad
Synonyms: Adjective
bad, blue, brokenhearted, cast down, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, droopy, forlorn, gloomy, glum, hangdog, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, heavyhearted, inconsolable, joyless, low, low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, mournful, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched
Antonyms: Adjective
blissful, buoyant, buoyed, cheerful, cheery, chipper, delighted, glad, gladdened, gladsome, gleeful, happy, joyful, joyous, jubilant, sunny, upbeat
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Examples of sad in a Sentence
Adjective
He's feeling sad because his pet died. People were sad that he was leaving. The experience left her sadder but wiser. Have you heard the sad news about his wife's illness? It'll be a sad day when you leave us. a movie with a sad ending He lived a sad life. The sad fact of the matter is that they are right. The new version is a sad imitation of the original movie. We needed more money but, sad to say, there wasn't any.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Fitzgerald’s method beautifully reverses the sad trajectory on which Horrocks—working within biography—sets Satie. — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, "Rewriting the ‘Boy Genius’," 1 Sep. 2019 Satine and Christian are pretty sad about this development. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "The Hottest New Show on Broadway Is . . .," 30 Aug. 2019 The photo feels eerily sad in its capture: ghosts haunt the page. — Wired, "Depth of Field: Visual Poetry in the Chicken Sandwich War," 29 Aug. 2019 Even while grieving, Khloé still manages to find a silver lining to this sad situation. — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, "Khloé Kardashian Pays Tribute to Late Pooch Gabbana on National Dog Day: 'I Miss You'," 26 Aug. 2019 Take away the book and the reader, and the whole design of the room starts to feel a little sad, the way a nursery feels once the baby grows up. — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, "Reader, I Googled It," 26 Aug. 2019 And, instead of painting her as a sad shut-in, Wild Nights With Emily rewrites Emily Dickinson (Molly Shannon) as a horny, raging poet. — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, "Hear Virginia Wolf & Vita Sackville West's Love Story In Their Own Words," 24 Aug. 2019 Though Elliott hasn't released a studio album 14 years (the saddest first half of a sentence ever), she's been having a moment this summer. — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, "Everyone Loves Missy Elliott's Hair on the 'Iconology' Album Cover," 23 Aug. 2019 But a sad truth about nationalist anger is that it can be manipulated and sincere at the same time. — The Economist, "China’s thin-skinned online nationalists want to be both loved and feared by the West," 22 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sad.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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