sadden
/ˈsædən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone."
- "I was saddened that you felt so little for me."
- "The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one."
- "He saddens, all the magic light Dies off at once from bower and hall, And all the place is dark, and all The chambers emptied of delight: […]"
- "Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was."
- "Curve (E) is seen at a glance to represent green saddened down to its fifth shade, and reduced with white to its fourth tint."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: saddenen
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
sadden up
be sad