Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sadden up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
sad-den up
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become or make (something) sad.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To make (something) gloomy, depressing or sadness-inducing.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

saddens up (present, singular) saddening up (participle, present) saddened up (participle, past) saddened up (past)

Synonyms

deject depress aggrieve besorrow condole darken engrieve erme gloom grieve grieven bleed

Questions

What does sadden up mean?
To become or make (something) sad.

How to pronounce sadden up

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