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Webster 1913 Edition
Sad
Sad
(săd)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sadder
(săd′dẽr)
; sup
erl.
Saddest
.] 1.
Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
[Obs.]
Yet of that art they can not waxen
For unto them it is a bitter sweet.
sad
,For unto them it is a bitter sweet.
Chaucer.
2.
Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
[Obs., except in a few phrases;
as,
.] sad
breadHis hand, more
sad
than lump of lead. Spenser.
Chalky lands are naturally cold and
sad
. Mortimer.
3.
Dull; grave; dark; somber; – said of colors.
“Sad-colored clothes.” Walton.
Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all
sad
colors. Mortimer.
4.
Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
[Obs.]
“Ripe and sad courage.” Chaucer.
Lady Catharine, a
sad
and religious woman. Bacon.
Which treaty was wisely handled by
sad
and discrete counsel of both parties. Ld. Berners.
5.
Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
First were we
Now
sad
, fearing you would not come;Now
sadder
, that you come so unprovided. Shakespeare
The angelic guards ascended, mute and
sad
. Milton.
6.
Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow;
as, a
. sad
accident; a sad
misfortune7.
Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked.
[Colloq.]
“Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.” I. Taylor.
☞
Sad
is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
. sad
-colored, sad
-eyed, sad
-hearted, sad
-looking, and the likeSad bread
, heavy bread.
[Scot. & Local, U.S.]
Bartlett.
Syn. – Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous.
Sad
,Verb.
T.
To make sorrowful; to sadden.
[Obs.]
How it
sadded
the minister’s spirits! H. Peters.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sad
SAD
,Adj.
1.
Sorrowful; affected with grief; cast down with affliction.Th' angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.
Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life.
2.
Habitually melancholy; gloomy; not gay or cheerful.See in her cell sad Eloisa spread.
3.
Downcast; gloomy; having the external appearance of sorrow; as a sad countenance. Matt. 6.4.
Serious; grave; not gay, light or volatile.Lady Catherine, a sad and religious woman.
5.
Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as a sad accident; a sad misfortune.6.
Dark colored.Woad or wade is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors.
[This sense is, I believe, entirely obsolete.]
7.
Bad; vexatious; as a sad husband. [Colloquial.]8.
Heavy; weighty; ponderous.With that his hand more sad than lump of lead. Obs.
9.
Close; firm; cohesive; opposed to light or friable.Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. Obs.
[The two latter senses indicate that the primary sense is set, fixed.]