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Sad

adjective

(compar. sadder; superl. saddest)

Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness. "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"

Of things that make you feel sad. "She doesn't like sad movies" , "It was a very sad story" , "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"

Bad; unfortunate. Synonyms: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sorry. "A lamentable decision" , "Her clothes were in sad shape" , "A sorry state of affairs"

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"Sad" Quotes from Famous Books

... great extent it may relieve many, must break at least one heart. No man, having once seen this, ever wants to witness it again. Concentrated hell and torture with every moment, stabbing and pulling at each heart and then—then the sad, mournful face of Andrew Marshall as he steps forward slowly past Mag Robertson, past Jean Fleming, past Jenny Maitland, past them all, and at last putting a kindly hand on the shoulder of Nellie Sinclair, he says, with a catch in his voice that ...

— The Underworld - The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner • James C. Welsh

... gipsy girl to her mother dear, 'O mother dear, a sad load I bear.' 'And who gave thee that load to bear, My gypsy girl, my own daughter dear?' 'O mother dear, 'twas a lord so proud, A lord so rich of gentile blood, That on a mettled stallion rode— 'Twas he gave me this ...

— The Romany Rye - A Sequel to 'Lavengro' • George Borrow

... seat upon a low chair by the old man's side, and put herself within the reach of his hand, she looked up once at Tom. It was a sad look that she cast upon him, though there was a faint smile trembling on her face. It was a speaking look, and Tom knew what it said. 'You see how misery has changed me. I can feel for a dependant NOW, and set some value on ...

— Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens

... was brought in. His hands were bound, His dress was soiled and torn. His countenance very sad. The crowd had already had proof of His courage. He stood there quietly. Terror He no longer felt, sadness alone lay in His eyes. They turned over the scrolls and spoke together in whispers. It was made known that they would be glad to hear anyone who could bring any evidence against ...

— I.N.R.I. - A prisoner's Story of the Cross • Peter Rosegger

... I know he tried to save one of his shipmates and couldn't, and they were both drowned. Luella is going down to stay with Ora's children this afternoon. They haven't told Leona yet, and poor Ellis is perfectly distracted, Granville says. Isn't it sad, when Leona has been so ill and now this dreadful ...

— Three Little Cousins • Amy E. Blanchard

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