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: to become sad. Synonyms. bum (out) burden. dash. deject. depress. get down. oppress. weigh down. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of sadden in a Sentence. It saddens me that we could not agree. We were saddened to see how ill she looks. She was saddened over the death of her friend. Her face saddened when she heard the news.
verb [ T ] us / ˈsæd. ə n / uk / ˈsæd. ə n / Add to word list. C2. to make someone sad: [ + to infinitive ] It saddens me to think that we'll never see her again. We are deeply saddened by this devastating tragedy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people sad, shocked and upset. aback. amiss. appall. bite. bother. haunt.
verb [ T ] uk / ˈsæd. ə n / us / ˈsæd. ə n / Add to word list. C2. to make someone sad: [ + to infinitive ] It saddens me to think that we'll never see her again. We are deeply saddened by this devastating tragedy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people sad, shocked and upset. aback. amiss. appal.
4 days ago · Synonyms: upset, depress, distress, grieve More Synonyms of sadden. saddened adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] He was disappointed and saddened that legal argument had stopped the trial. saddening adjective. I find public squalor very saddening. ...a saddening experience. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Sadden definition: to make or become sad. . See examples of SADDEN used in a sentence.
Definition of sadden verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb sadden, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
