sad

Adjective

sad (comparative sadder or more sad, superlative saddest or most sad)

1. Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
   • She gets sad when he's away.
   • Firſt were we ſad, fearing you would not come, / Now ſadder that you come ſo vnprouided:[…]c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

   Synonyms:

   depressed, down in the dumps, glum, melancholy, discomforted, distressed, uncomfortable, unhappy, poignant, touching

   Antonyms:

   cheerful, gleeful, happy, upbeat, berserk, blissed out, blithe, buoyant, chirpy, blithesome

2. Appearing sorrowful.
   • The puppy had a sad little face.
   • We need a sad man. Give us a sad man.” Tomo gave the look of a sad man, then followed with the body of a sad man. “That's it, more of that. can you manufacture a mole right here? Yes, a very ugly mole. Right here, on the chin.[…]2010 February, Eric Rentschler, Itoh's Ghost, iUniverse, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 54
3. Causing sorrow; lamentable.
   • It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
   • The Great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, / For all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad.1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse

   Synonyms:

   deplorable, saddening, atrabiliary, atrabilious, depressing, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, miserable

4. Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
   • That's the saddest-looking pickup truck I've ever seen.
   • Heaven knows what cash he got, or blood he spilt, / A sad old fellow was he, if you please[…].1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto II, stanza CXXVII, page 182

   Synonyms:

   pitiful, sorry, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum, cheap

   Antonyms:

   decent

5. Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
   • […]this is either uſed crude, and called ſulphur vive, and is of a ſadder colour; or after depuration, ſuch as we have in magdeleons or rols of a lighter yellow.1650, Thomas Browne, “Compendiously of Sundry Other Common Tenents, Concerning Minerall and Terreous Bodies, Which Examined, Prove Either False or Dubious”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd...
   • sad-coloured clothes1679, Izaak Walton, The Life of Bishop Robert Sanderson

   Synonyms:

   bland, colourless, dim, dingy, dull, faint, lackluster, leaden, muddy, sober

6. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
7. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
   • The fearefull newes that whilſt the flame doth but begin,
     Sad pollicie may ſerue to quench the fire: […]1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I
8. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
   • Therfore it nedeth that better prouysion.
     Were founde for youthe by sad and wyse counsayle1509, Sebastian Brant, translated by Alexander Barclay, The Ship of Fools
   • Vproſe Sir Guyon, in bright armour clad, / And to his purpoſd iourney him prepar'd: / With him the Palmer eke in habit ſad, / Him ſelfe addreſt to that aduenture hard: […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 3, page 348

   Synonyms:

   staid, stern, austere, frightful, demure, serious, grave, earnest, grievous, lack-laughter

9. (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
   • Mr. Santon laughed, and merely said,—"Oh, you cruel beauty!" returning to his paper again; but, seated in the bay-window was one, who could not thus lightly look upon the conduct of the coquettish Winnie, for it was evident she was a sad coquette.1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
   • In ſuch places, it would not be doubted, that a grim Daniel Scroggins, and an aproned Sam Smith, might be found—ſad tipſy fellows, both of them, to whoſe ingenuity this or that mechanical improvement had been due.1860, Isaac Taylor, “Essay III. Modern Advancements and Lay Inventors.”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC, section IX, page 227

   Synonyms:

   mischievous, roguish, vexatious

10. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
    • I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!
    • You’d have to be really sad to wear a shirt like that.
11. (dialectal) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
12. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
    • sad bread
    • […]his hand, more ſad then lomp of lead,[…]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30, page 299

Verb

sad (third-person singular simple present sads, present participle sadding, simple past and past participle sadded)

1. (archaic, transitive) To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
   • 16??, John Webster, Appius and Virginia
     My father's wondrous pensive, and withal / With a suppress'd rage left his house displeas'd, / And so in post is hurried to the camp: / It sads me much; to expel which melancholy, / I have sent for company.

Interjection

1. (Internet, humorous, sometimes) Expressing contempt, ridicule or disgust; bah!

Noun capitalized: SAD

SAD (plural SADs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of seasonal affective disorder.
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of standard American diet.
3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of social anxiety disorder.
4. (abbreviation, initialism, X-ray crystallography) Initialism of single-wavelength anomalous dispersion.

Proper noun capitalized: SAD

SAD

1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Special Activities Division.
2. (abbreviation, initialism, Indian politics) Initialism of Shiromani Akali Dal (Indian political party)