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unsadden

unsadden verb: to relieve from sadness; to cheer up.

Verb

unsadden (third-person singular simple present unsaddens, present participle unsaddening, simple past and past participle unsaddened)

  1. (transitive) To relieve from sadness; to cheer up.
    • It unsaddens the melancholy, quickens the dull, awaketh the drowsie, &c.1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English

Forms of unsadden

third-person singular presentunsaddens
present participleunsaddening
past participleunsaddened
pastunsaddened

Origin of unsadden

From un- + sadden.

Questions about unsadden

What does unsadden mean?
Unsadden means to relieve from sadness; to cheer up.
What part of speech is unsadden?
Unsadden is a verb.
What is the past tense of unsadden?
The past tense of unsadden is unsaddened.

Words near unsadden in the dictionary

  1. unsacrificed
  2. unsacrificial
  3. unsacrificing
  4. unsacrilegious
  5. unsad
  6. unsadden
  7. unsaddened
  8. unsaddening
  9. unsaddens
  10. unsaddle
  11. unsaddled

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