sad
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
How often you will meet it
Rank 923 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,967 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness feeling sad because his dog had diedBetter by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad
- of things that make you feel sad sad newsshe doesn't like sad movies
- bad; unfortunate also: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sorry my finances were in a deplorable statea lamentable decision
sad in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But why should the lady have such a sad picture as that in her room?
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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Christian looked up, and closed her eyes again in a passive hopelessness sad to see.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Dimly I mind me of some sad disaster— Dainty Dave was dropped from the navy-roll!
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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My heart is sad and it is not my will To send you hence, but naught is left to do.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1