sad
/ˈsæd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
adj
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "She gets sad when he's away."
- "Firſt were we ſad, fearing you would not come, / Now ſadder that you come ſo vnprouided:[…]"
- "[…]Th’ Angelic Guards aſcended, mute and ſad[…]"
- "The puppy had a sad little face."
- "We need a sad man. Give us a sad man.” Tomo gave the look of a sad man, then followed with the body of a sad man. “That's it, more of that. can you manufacture a mole right here? Yes, a very ugly mole. Right here, on the chin.[…]"
- "It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported."
Etymology
From Middle English sad, from Old English sæd (“satisfied, full, sated, unable to handle more, weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *sad, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated, satisfied”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”). Cognate to Saterland Frisian sääd, West Frisian sêd, Dutch zat, German Low German satt, German satt. The interjection sense is a reference to frequent usage of the word as an interjection in the tweets of Q22686, President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)); a Trumpism.
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Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
sadder (comparative)
more sad (comparative)
saddest (superlative)
most sad (superlative)
sads (present, singular)
sadding (participle, present)
sadded (participle, past)
sadded (past)
sads (plural)