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sad
(săd)adj. sad·der, sad·dest
1. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness: a sad face.
2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing: a sad movie; sad news.
3. Deplorable or inadequate; sorry: a sad state of affairs; a sad excuse.
4. Dark-hued; somber.
[Middle English, weary, sorrowful, from Old English sæd, sated, weary; see sā- in Indo-European roots.]
sad′ly adv.
sad′ness n.
Synonyms: sad, melancholy, sorrowful, doleful, woebegone, desolate
These adjectives mean affected with or marked by unhappiness, as that caused by affliction. Sad is the most general: "Better by far you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad" (Christina Rossetti).
Melancholy can refer to lingering or habitual somberness or sadness: a melancholy poet's gloomy introspection. Sorrowful applies to emotional pain as that resulting from loss: sorrowful mourners at the funeral. Doleful describes what is mournful or morose: the doleful expression of a reprimanded child. Woebegone suggests grief or wretchedness, especially as reflected in a person's appearance: "His sorrow ... made him look ... haggard and ... woebegone" (George du Maurier).
Desolate applies to one that is beyond consolation: "Now she was desolate, a widow in a foreign country" (Nigel Hamilton).
These adjectives mean affected with or marked by unhappiness, as that caused by affliction. Sad is the most general: "Better by far you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad" (Christina Rossetti).
Melancholy can refer to lingering or habitual somberness or sadness: a melancholy poet's gloomy introspection. Sorrowful applies to emotional pain as that resulting from loss: sorrowful mourners at the funeral. Doleful describes what is mournful or morose: the doleful expression of a reprimanded child. Woebegone suggests grief or wretchedness, especially as reflected in a person's appearance: "His sorrow ... made him look ... haggard and ... woebegone" (George du Maurier).
Desolate applies to one that is beyond consolation: "Now she was desolate, a widow in a foreign country" (Nigel Hamilton).
SAD
abbr.
seasonal affective disorder
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| Adv. | 1. | sadly - in an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild" happily - in an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured" |
| 2. | sadly - with sadness; in a sad manner; "`She died last night,' he said sadly" | |
| 3. | sadly - in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" |
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Translations
بِحُزْنبِحُزْنٍ، بِصورةٍ حَزينَه
smutně
bedrøvetsørgeligt
valitettavasti
žalosno
dapurlega
悲しんで
슬프게
žalostno
tyvärr
อย่างเศร้าใจ
acıklı bir şekildeüzgün bir şekilde
buồn rầu
sadly
[ˈsædlɪ] ADV1. (= sorrowfully) [say, smile] → con tristeza, tristemente
2. (= regrettably) → desgraciadamente, lamentablemente
sadly, we don't have much chance of winning → desgraciadamente or lamentablemente, no tenemos muchas posibilidades de ganar
his uncle, who sadly died → su tío, que tristemente or desgraciadamente falleció
it is a sadly familiar pattern → es un hecho por desgracia familiar
sadly for him → lamentablemente or desgraciadamente para él
sadly, we don't have much chance of winning → desgraciadamente or lamentablemente, no tenemos muchas posibilidades de ganar
his uncle, who sadly died → su tío, que tristemente or desgraciadamente falleció
it is a sadly familiar pattern → es un hecho por desgracia familiar
sadly for him → lamentablemente or desgraciadamente para él
3. (= severely) their education has been sadly neglected → han descuidado su educación de forma lamentable
to be sadly lacking in sth → ser muy deficiente en algo
he will be sadly missed → se le echará mucho de menos
you are sadly mistaken → estás muy equivocado
to be sadly in need of sth → necesitar imperiosamente algo
to be sadly lacking in sth → ser muy deficiente en algo
he will be sadly missed → se le echará mucho de menos
you are sadly mistaken → estás muy equivocado
to be sadly in need of sth → necesitar imperiosamente algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sadly
[ˈsædli] adv (= in a sad way) → tristement
"She's gone," he said sadly → "Elle est partie," a-t-il dit tristement.
"She's gone," he said sadly → "Elle est partie," a-t-il dit tristement.
(= regrettably) → malheureusement
Sadly, it was too late → Malheureusement, il était trop tard.
to be sadly lacking in sth → manquer cruellement de qch
Sadly, it was too late → Malheureusement, il était trop tard.
to be sadly lacking in sth → manquer cruellement de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sadly
adv
(= unfortunately) → bedauerlicherweise, leider; sadly (enough) he has … → bedauerlicherweise hat er …; sadly for the dolphins, there are no regulations to protect them → leider gibt es keine Bestimmungen zum Schutz der Delfine or Delphine
(= regrettably, woefully) → bedauerlicherweise; he is sadly lacking in any sensitivity → ihm fehlt absolut jegliches Feingefühl; the house had been sadly neglected → es war traurig, wie vernachlässigt das Haus war; to be sadly in need of something → etw dringend benötigen or brauchen; to be sadly mistaken → sich sehr or arg täuschen; if you think you can hide the truth from us, you are sadly mistaken → wenn du glaubst, dass du uns die Wahrheit verheimlichen kannst, hast du dich sehr getäuscht
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sadly
[ˈsædlɪ] adv (unhappily) → tristemente; (regrettably) → sfortunatamentesadly lacking in ... → completamente privo/a di...
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sad
(sӕd) adjective unhappy or causing unhappiness. She's sad because her son is ill; a sad face.
ˈsadness nounˈsadden verb
to make or become sad. She was saddened by her son's ingratitude.
ˈsadly adverbHe stared sadly at the ruins of his house.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
sadly
→ بِحُزْن smutně sørgeligt traurigerweise δυστυχώς tristemente valitettavasti tristement žalosno tristemente 悲しんで 슬프게 jammerlijk dessverre niestety tristemente печально tyvärr อย่างเศร้าใจ acıklı bir şekilde buồn rầu 悲伤地Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009