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deplorable, disappointing
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1 blue, cheerless, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, dismal, doleful, down, downcast, down in the dumps (informal) down in the mouth (informal) gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieved, heavy-hearted, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, pensive, sick at heart, sombre, triste (archaic) unhappy, wistful, woebegone
2 calamitous, dark, depressing, disastrous, dismal, grievous, harrowing, heart-rending, lachrymose, moving, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sorry, tearful, tragic, upsetting
3 bad, deplorable, dismal, distressing, grave, lamentable, miserable, regrettable, serious, shabby, sorry, to be deplored, unfortunate, unhappy, unsatisfactory, wretched
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blithe, cheerful, cheery, chirpy (informal) fortunate, glad, good, happy, in good spirits, jolly, joyful, joyous, light-hearted, merry, pleased
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sad
( sadder comparative) ( saddest superlative )
1 adj If you are sad, you feel unhappy, usually because something has happened that you do not like.
oft ADJ that/to-inf, ADJ about n (Antonym: happy)
The relationship had been important to me and its loss left me feeling sad and empty…, I’m sad that Julie’s marriage is on the verge of splitting up…, I’d grown fond of our little house and felt sad to leave it…, I’m sad about my toys getting burned in the fire.
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sadly adv usu ADV with v
Judy said sadly, `He has abandoned me.’
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sadness n-uncount
(Antonym: happiness)
It is with a mixture of sadness and joy that I say farewell.
2 adj Sad stories and sad news make you feel sad.
usu ADJ n
I received the sad news that he had been killed in a motor-cycle accident.
3 adj A sad event or situation is unfortunate or undesirable.
It’s a sad truth that children are the biggest victims of passive smoking.
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sadly adv usu ADV adj, ADV with cl
Sadly, bamboo plants die after flowering…
4 adj If you describe someone as sad, you do not have any respect for them and think their behaviour or ideas are ridiculous.
INFORMAL usu ADJ n (disapproval)
(=pathetic)
…sad old bikers and youngsters who think that Jim Morrison is God.
SAD SAD is an abbreviation for seasonal affective disorder. n-uncount
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SAD SAD is an abbreviation for seasonal affective disorder. n-uncount
sad ( sadder comparative) ( saddest superlative )
1 adj If you are sad, you feel unhappy, usually because something has happened that you do not like.
oft ADJ that/to-inf, ADJ about n (Antonym: happy)
The relationship had been important to me and its loss left me feeling sad and empty…, I’m sad that Julie’s marriage is on the verge of splitting up…, I’d grown fond of our little house and felt sad to leave it…, I’m sad about my toys getting burned in the fire.
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sadly adv usu ADV with v
Judy said sadly, `He has abandoned me.’
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sadness n-uncount
(Antonym: happiness)
It is with a mixture of sadness and joy that I say farewell.
2 adj Sad stories and sad news make you feel sad.
usu ADJ n
I received the sad news that he had been killed in a motor-cycle accident.
3 adj A sad event or situation is unfortunate or undesirable.
It’s a sad truth that children are the biggest victims of passive smoking.
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sadly adv usu ADV adj, ADV with cl
Sadly, bamboo plants die after flowering…
4 adj If you describe someone as sad, you do not have any respect for them and think their behaviour or ideas are ridiculous.
INFORMAL usu ADJ n (disapproval)
(=pathetic)
…sad old bikers and youngsters who think that Jim Morrison is God.
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pack a sad
exp.
1. break; fall apart; 2. be in a bad mood
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Как вы, наверняка, догадались мы собираемся обсуждать два состояния — счастья (being happy) и печали (feeling sad). У всех нас есть чувства (we all have feelings). Они являются индивидуальной составной (the individual part) нашего характера (character), которые показывают, как мы чувствуем (show the way we feel) в зависимости от ситуации (depending on situation) вокруг нас.
Наши чувства относятся к нашему эмоциональному состоянию (our emotional state), настроению (mood), расположению духа (frame of mind), темпераменту (temper), нраву (disposition), душевному состоянию (state of mind), духовному состоянию (spirit). Ко всем перечисленным словам можно прибавить два слова «good» или «bad», чтобы показать позитивное настроение (positive mood) и негативное настроение (negative mood).
Наши чувства и настроения связаны с образом мышления (the way we think), который происходит в нашем мозге (in our mind). Изучение этого предмета называется «психологией» (psychology). Наш мозг контролирует все, что мы делаем (our minds control everything we do).
Помимо наших действий, настроение также влияет на здоровье (can affect our health). Если вы чувствуете себя несчастным (feel unhappy) в течение длительного периода времени (over a long period of time), вам, скорее всего, нужно навестить врача (need to see a doctor), поскольку вы можете страдать депрессией (could be suffering from depression), что часто является следствием стресса (caused by stress) или неожиданной переменой в вашей жизни (a sudden change in your life), например, потерей работы (loss of job) или смертью близкого человека (death of a loved one).
Может, это звучит странно, но на наше настроение также влияет погода. Психологи (psychologists) обнаружили, что химический дисбаланс в мозге может стать причиной нашей печали, когда мало солнечного света (when there is little sunlight about). Те, на кого это влияет, будут чувствовать себя счастливее летом, а зимой могут погрузиться в печаль. Это заболевание даже имеет название – SAD – seasonal affected disorder.
Выражения, описывающие настроение
Удивительно (it is amazing), как наше настроение может меняться (how our moods can change) изо дня в день (day by day). Вот несколько идиом, которые вам будут интересны.
- happy as Larry – без ума от счастья
- jump for joy — прыгать от радости
- smile from ear to ear – улыбаться до ушей
- happy go lucky – беспечный, беззаботный
- on top of the world – на седьмом небе
- down in the dumps – как в воду опущенный, подавленный
- under a black cloud – в печали
- in the doldrums – хандрить, быть в депрессии
Вокруг нас много вещей, способных поднять нам настроение. Классическая музыка (а piece of classical music) может эмоционально воздействовать на нас (touch emotionally). Счастливая история может поднять нам настроение (uplift our mood) и подбодрить (cheer up). Мы часто смеемся или плачем, когда смотрим романтическое кино (romantic movie).
Англичане часто используют выражение “laughter is the best medicine” – смех – лучшее лекарство. Это означает, что если мы чувствуем себя несчастными, то чтобы избавиться от этого настроения (to get out of that mood) нужно посмотреть что-то юмористическое (watch something humorous) по телевизору, или состроить смешную рожицу в зеркало (make a funny face in the mirror), громко рассмеяться (laugh out loud).
Happiness — счастье 😀
Что говорит счастливый человек?
- I feel happy! – я счастлив!
- I feel glad! – я рад!
- I feel excited! – я взволнован!
- I never feel sad! – я не знаю печали!
- the day is alive and I feel great! – день полон жизни и я чувствую себя замечательно!
- tomorrow will be good – завтра будет хорошим
- my heart is warm with rosy glow – мое сердце наполнено розовым цветом
- I want to live — я хочу жить
- I love everything. – я все люблю
Sadness — печаль 🙁
Что говорит несчастливый человек?
- I feel down – я чувствую себя подавленным
- I feel sad – мне печально
- I feel miserable – я чувствую себя несчастным
- I really feel sad – мне на самом деле грустно
- I hate this day – ненавижу этот день
- I dislike it all – мне все противно
- my heart is down – мое сердце полно грусти
- feel like I will fall – я так себя чувствую, как будто падаю
- so grey is this world – как сер этот мир
- I am cold in this dark and gloomy life — мне холодно в этой темной и мрачной жизни
В английском языке употребление слова “sad” в неформальном контексте используется для того, чтобы сказать, что «что-то вышло из моды», или применяется к человеку, у которого нет друзей или социальной жизни.
- That style of fashion is so sad – этот стиль вышел из моды
- •He has no friends and goes nowhere – what a saddo! — у него нет друзей и он никуда не ходит – ну и дурак!
Мы можем использовать слова «happy» и «sad», а также их синонимы, чтобы показать нашу реакцию на что-то или кого-то.
— I’m really happy to meet you! – я и правда рад встретить вас!
— I’m glad to have you as my friend – я рад, что вы мой друг
— I feet brighter now you are here! – мне легче от того, что ты здесь
— I feel sad now that you have gone – мне печально от того, что ты ушел
— I feel down because I hate my job – мне печально, потому что я ненавижу свою работу
— I feel sick and my spirits are low – я чувствую себя больным и у меня плохое настроение
«Счастливые» синонимы 😀
- bright – полный надежд
- content — довольный
- cheerful – бодрящий
- elated – ликующий
- glowing – пылкий
- jolly – веселый
- joyful – радостный
- merry – веселый
- sunny – солнечный
«Печальные» синонимы 🙁
- blue – хандра
- forlorn – несчастный
- depressed – подавленный
- down – унылый
- gloomy – мрачный
- glum – угрюмый
- moody – унылый, в плохом настроении
- solemn – мрачный
- woeful – удрученный
- miserable — жалкий, несчастный
WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.7 / 7 votes
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sadadjective
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upbeat, cheerful, gleeful, happy, decent -
sadadjective
soggy (to refer to pastries).
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lamentable, pitiful, sorryAntonyms:
gleeful, decent, happy, cheerful, upbeat -
sadadjective
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uncomfortable, discomforted, distressed, unhappy -
sadadjective
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glum, down in the dumps, melancholy, depressed -
sadadjective
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touching, poignant -
sadadjective
Sated, having had one’s fill; satisfied, weary.
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pitiful, sorry, lamentableAntonyms:
cheerful, happy, decent, gleeful, upbeat -
sadadjective
Steadfast, valiant.
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pitiful, lamentable, sorryAntonyms:
decent, cheerful, happy, upbeat, gleeful -
sadadjective
Dignified, serious, grave.
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sorry, pitiful, lamentableAntonyms:
decent, cheerful, happy, gleeful, upbeat -
sadadjective
Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
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lamentable, sorry, pitifulAntonyms:
decent, upbeat, happy, gleeful, cheerful -
sadadjective
Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
She gets sad when he’s away.
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lamentable, pitiful, sorryAntonyms:
upbeat, cheerful, happy, decent, gleeful -
sadadjective
Appearing sorrowful.
The puppy had a sad little face.
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pitiful, sorry, lamentableAntonyms:
happy, gleeful, upbeat, decent, cheerful -
sadadjective
Causing sorrow; lamentable.
It’s a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
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pitiful, sorry, lamentableAntonyms:
gleeful, decent, upbeat, cheerful, happy -
sadadjective
Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
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pitiful, lamentable, sorryAntonyms:
decent, gleeful, upbeat, cheerful, happy -
sadadjective
Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
I can’t believe you use drugs; you’re so sad!
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pitiful, lamentable, sorryAntonyms:
decent, happy, gleeful, cheerful, upbeat
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes
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sad
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heavy, grave, dull, sorrowful, woe-begone, calamitous, dismal, doleful, mournful, gloomy, dejected, depressed, cheerless, serious, downcast, grievous, melancholy, saturnineAntonyms:
light, light-hearted, cheerful, joyful, joyous, gay, glad, exhilarating, exhilarated, happy, blithe
Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:3.2 / 6 votes
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sadadjective
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
«feeling sad because his dog had died»; «Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad»- Christina Rossetti
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deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorryAntonyms:
glad, joyful, good, gladsome -
sadadjective
of things that make you feel sad
«sad news»; «she doesn’t like sad movies»; «it was a very sad story»; «When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me»- Christina Rossetti
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deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, distressing, sorryAntonyms:
joyful, gladsome, glad, good -
deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorryadjective
bad; unfortunate
«my finances were in a deplorable state»; «a lamentable decision»; «her clothes were in sad shape»; «a sorry state of affairs»
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regretful, deplorable, hapless, no-account, reprehensible, woeful, dismal, troubling, execrable, dingy, disconsolate, perturbing, no-count, good-for-nothing, miserable, worrying, criminal, no-good, vicious, disturbing, dark, grim, piteous, condemnable, lamentable, worrisome, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, bad, poor, pathetic, wretched, sorry, pitiful, gloomy, drab, distressful, dreary, drear, good-for-naught, blue, meritlessAntonyms:
joyful, gladsome, good, glad
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melancholy
a feeling of sorrow; normally with no cause
«for some reason he felt melancholy when she woke up»
Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019
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grinch
not happy
Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019
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subaerialverb
being subaerial makes me sad so the similarities is present for those with similar interests in the word subaerial.
i am sadsubaerial
Submitted by anonymous on May 24, 2022
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sulked
not happy or disappointed
Submitted by anonymous on May 5, 2021
Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote
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sadadjective
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sorrowful, desponding, depressed, downcast, melancholy, cheerless, disconsolate, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, cast down -
sadadjective
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gloomy, dismal, doleful, mournful, lugubrious, grievous, woebegone -
sadadjective
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grievous, afflictive, calamitous, disastrous, dire, deplorable
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sadadjective
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sorrowful, pathetic, plaintive, doleful, piteous, lugubrious, rueful, mournful, dismal, funereal, gloomy, melancholy, disconsolate, dejected, touching, calamitous, deplorable, grievous, dire, afflictive, wretched, saturnine, grave, sober, dull, sombre, subdued, bad, naughty, troublesome, mischievous, vexatious
PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 2 votes
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List of paraphrases for «sad»:
regrettable, unfortunate, sadness, unhappy, triste, tragic, saddened, depressing, deplorable, saddening, miserable, gloomy, lamentable, grim, dismal, sorry, distressing, upset, sorrowful, pitiful, sob, painful, bleak, dss, ods, wretched, dreary, das, boring, sadly
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How to use sad in a sentence?
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Proverb:
It is a sad situation for a son-in-law when his mother-in-law praises him.
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Interior Ministry Secretary Joseph Nkaissery:
It is a very sad day for Kenya.
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Grace Johnson:
It’s honestly, it’s really sad because you don’t know why they did this.
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Ken Ehrlich:
The fact of the matter is, we continue to have a problem in the hip-hop world, when they don’t take home the big prize, the regard of the academy, and what the Grammys represent, continues to be less meaningful to the hip-hop community, which is sad.
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Elazar Herz Van Spiegel:
People are being torn from their houses and families are sad, but … we are very optimistic about the future.
Translations for sad
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- مؤسف, حزينArabic
- сумныBelarusian
- দুঃখিতBengali
- lamentable, trista, deplorable, patètic, tristCatalan, Valencian
- smutnýCzech
- tristDanish
- traurig, tristGerman
- λυπημένοςGreek
- malgajaEsperanto
- tristeSpanish
- goibelBasque
- غمگینPersian
- säälittävä, synkkä, surullinen, surkeaFinnish
- tristeFrench
- brónachIrish
- gruamach, brònach, dubhachScottish Gaelic
- tristeGalician
- उदास, दुखीHindi
- szomorúHungarian
- տխուրArmenian
- sedihIndonesian
- tristaIdo
- dapurIcelandic
- tristeItalian
- 悲しいJapanese
- მწუხარე, ნაღვლიანი, დარდიანი, სევდიანიGeorgian
- maestus, tristisLatin
- traueregLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- skumjš, bēdīgsLatvian
- hinapouriMāori
- triestDutch
- lei seg, tristNorwegian
- smutnyPolish
- خواشينی, غمجن, خپهPashto, Pushto
- tristePortuguese
- tristă, abătută, abătut, tristRomanian
- грустный, печальныйRussian
- खिन्नSanskrit
- žalostanSerbo-Croatian
- smutnýSlovak
- ledsen, sorgsenSwedish
- வருத்தம்Tamil
- üzgünTurkish
- сму́тнийUkrainian
- اداس, دکھیUrdu
- buồnVietnamese
- 伤心Chinese
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as in unhappy
feeling unhappiness
movies in which the hero dies always make us feel sad
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as in depressing
causing unhappiness
the sad news about our uncle’s death made my father cry
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as in pathetic
deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy)
no one expected the supermodel to be a great actress, but her acting is sad beyond belief
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