What does the word sad mean?

    Part of speech: noun

  • Sadness.

  • Part of speech: adverb

  • Sadly.

  • Part of speech: adjective

  • Sorrowful; mournful; distressing.

Usage examples for sad

  1. And I cannot bear to see you sad." – The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  2. More talk I had, and shall have more with him, but my mind is so sad and head full of this ill news that I cannot now set it down. – Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright by Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
  3. Forgive me if I have made you sad. – The Way of an Eagle by Ethel M. Dell
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