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sadden up

sadden up verb: to become or make (something) sad.

Verb

sadden up (third-person singular simple present saddens up, present participle saddening up, simple past and past participle saddened up)

  1. (intransitive, rare, transitive) To become or make (something) sad.
  2. (rare, transitive) To make (something) gloomy, depressing or sadness-inducing.
    Synonyms:
    begloom, darken, gloom

Synonyms of sadden up

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Forms of sadden up

third-person singular presentsaddens up
present participlesaddening up
past participlesaddened up
pastsaddened up

Questions about sadden up

What does sadden up mean?
Sadden up means to become or make (something) sad.
What part of speech is sadden up?
Sadden up is a verb.
What is the past tense of sadden up?
The past tense of sadden up is saddened up.

Words near sadden up in the dictionary

  1. Saddamist
  2. Saddamists
  3. Saddar
  4. sadded
  5. sadden
  6. sadden up
  7. sadden'd
  8. saddened
  9. saddened up
  10. saddener
  11. saddeners

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