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What are words that have the same meaning as happy and sad?

Words meaning happy are gay, joyful, glad, rejoicing, gleeful,
overjoyed, elated
Words meaning sad are depressed, morose, unhappy, downcast

Words that has the same meaning as sad?

melancholy, bereaved, disconsolate,

What are the prefixes and suffix for the word sad?

Some suffixes for the word «sad» include:sad + -en = sadden (meaning: to cause someone to be sad; to make unhappy)sad + -en + -ed = saddened (meaning: past tense of «sadden»)sad + -ness = sadness (meaning: the feeling of being sad; sorrow)sad + -er = sadder (meaning: comparative of sad, «more sad»)sad + -est = saddest (meaning: superlative of sad, «most sad»)sad + -ly = sadly (meaning: in a sad manner; with sadness)There aren’t many prefixes for sad:un- + sad + -en = unsadden (meaning: to relieve sadness; to cheer up)un- + sad + -en + -ed = unsaddened (meaning: past tense of «unsadden»)

What is another meaning of sad?

Unhappy

What are some verbs for sad?

Sad is an adjective, meaning it doesn’t have any verb forms.
Other questions/answers on Answers.com believe that Sad is a Verb.
They are wrong.
However, there are possible words that can mean cry which is
linked to Sad.
Such as —
Mourn
Bawl
Sob
Look up ‘Cry’ in an online thesaurus or a book thesaurus. They
should have a giant list on Synonyms and Antonyms. See Related
Link.

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Meaning of SAD in English

adj.

1) ~ about (we felt ~ about the accident)

2) ~ to + inf. (it is ~ to be alone)

3) ~ that + clause (it’s ~ that we could not see each other)

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.

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as in heartbroken

feeling unhappiness

movies in which the hero dies always make us feel sad

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in depressing

causing unhappiness

the sad news about our uncle’s death made my father cry

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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“Sad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sad. Accessed 13 Apr. 2023.

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Origin of sad

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English sæd “grave, heavy, weary,” originally “sated, full”; cognate with German satt, Gothic saths “full, satisfied”; akin to Latin satis “enough,” satur “sated,” Greek hádēn “enough.” See satiate, saturate

OTHER WORDS FROM sad

sad·ly, adverbsad·ness, noun

Words nearby sad

sacristy, sacro-, sacroiliac, sacrosanct, sacrum, sad, sadaqat, Sadat, Sadat, Anwar, sad case, Saddam Hussein

Other definitions for sad (2 of 3)

seasonal affective disorder.

Other definitions for sad (3 of 3)

noun

the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

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Words related to sad

bitter, dismal, heartbroken, melancholy, mournful, pessimistic, somber, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, wistful, bad, dark, depressing, miserable, moving, pathetic, pitiful, poignant, regrettable

How to use sad in a sentence

“I’m personally sad that two parents would be out to ruin a program, ruin people’s livelihoods because their children didn’t work hard enough or made mistakes,” Clark said.
The sad part is that when talking about this topic, I noticed how hard it actually is for Googlers to get the SEO community to change our ways.
In a blog post, Amazon simply says that “positivity” measures how happy or sad a voice sounds.
“Rather than do a watered-down, sad version of our television show with one person in a 2,000-square-foot set with nobody in the background, let’s just shift it at home,” said Bishop.

This is especially interesting when comparing it to unemployment searches, which is a very sad side effect of the economy shut down.
Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
Haha, what a sad thing to be great at, but yeah, I guess I am.
A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic.
The sad end of the mission to King M’Bongo has been narrated in the body of this work.
All through the sad duties of the next four days Felipe was conscious of the undercurrent of this premonition.
She looked up at him with sad and eloquent eyes, which softened his heart in spite of himself.
It was a sad day for Ramona and Alessandro when the kindly Hyers pulled up their tent-stakes and left the valley.
Somehow it made me feel sad to hear it, and a sense of the transitoriness of things came over me.

British Dictionary definitions for sad (1 of 2)

adjective sadder or saddest

feeling sorrow; unhappy

causing, suggestive, or expressive of such feelingsa sad story

unfortunate; unsatisfactory; shabby; deplorableher clothes were in a sad state

British informal ludicrously contemptible; pathetiche’s a sad, boring little wimp

(of pastry, cakes, etc) not having risen fully; heavy

(of a colour) lacking brightness; dull or dark

archaic serious; grave

verb

NZ to express sadness or displeasure strongly

Derived forms of sad

sadly, adverbsadness, noun

Word Origin for sad

Old English sæd weary; related to Old Norse sathr, Gothic saths, Latin satur, satis enough

British Dictionary definitions for sad (2 of 2)

abbreviation for

seasonal affective disorder

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