Sadden

Quick meaning: Sadden is a verb meaning (transitive) To make sad or unhappy.

Meaning

(transitive) To make sad or unhappy.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, rare) To become sad or unhappy.
2. (transitive, rare) To darken a color during dyeing.
3. (transitive) To render heavy, hard, or cohesive; to compress or thicken.

Example Sentences

It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone.

... the soil below will, instead of being brought up, be trampled and saddened.

Marle's binding and sadning of land being the great Prejudice it doth to Clay-lands.

Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was.

Word Forms

• saddens
• saddening
• saddened

Synonyms for sadden

Depending on context, synonyms include aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve.

Antonyms for sadden

Common opposites include gladden, joy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sad, downcast, oppress, dash, attrist, deject.

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