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What (who) is SAD - definition

EMOTIONAL PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH, OR CHARACTERIZED BY, FEELINGS OF DISADVANTAGE, LOSS, DESPAIR, GRIEF, HELPLESSNESS, DISAPPOINTMENT AND SORROW
Sad; Sadly; 😔; Heavy Hearted; Heavy-hearted; Heavyhearted; Heavy-heartedness; Heavy heartedness; Heavyheartedness; Heavy-heartedly; Heavy heartedly; Heavyheartedly; Heavy hearted; Unhappiness; Sullenness; Dispirited
  • Sad girls. Photo by [[Paolo Monti]], 1953
  • A man expressing sadness with his head in his hands
  • A detail of the 1672 sculpture ''Entombment of Christ'', showing [[Mary Magdalene]] crying
  • Lost in thoughts, by [[Wilhelm Amberg]]. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic, and withdraw themselves from others.

sad         
(sadder, saddest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you are sad, you feel unhappy, usually because something has happened that you do not like.
The relationship had been important to me and its loss left me feeling sad and empty...
I'm sad that Julie's marriage is on the verge of splitting up...
I'd grown fond of our little house and felt sad to leave it...
I'm sad about my toys getting burned in the fire.
? happy
ADJ: oft ADJ that/to-inf, ADJ about n
sadly
Judy said sadly, 'He has abandoned me.'
ADV: usu ADV with v
sadness
It is with a mixture of sadness and joy that I say farewell.
? happiness
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Sad stories and sad news make you feel sad.
I received the sad news that he had been killed in a motor-cycle accident.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
A sad event or situation is unfortunate or undesirable.
It's a sad truth that children are the biggest victims of passive smoking.
ADJ
sadly
Sadly, bamboo plants die after flowering...
ADV: usu ADV adj, ADV with cl
4.
If you describe someone as sad, you do not have any respect for them and think their behaviour or ideas are ridiculous. (INFORMAL)
...sad old bikers and youngsters who think that Jim Morrison is God.
= pathetic
ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
sad         
adj.
1) sad about (we felt sad about the accident)
2) sad to + inf. (it is sad to be alone)
3) sad that + clause (it's sad that we could not see each other)
Sad         
(·superl) Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
II. Sad (·superl) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
III. Sad (·superl) Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked.
IV. Sad (·superl) Dull; grave; dark; somber;
- said of colors.
V. Sad ·vt To make sorrowful; to Sadden.
VI. Sad (·superl) Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
VII. Sad (·superl) Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
VIII. Sad (·superl) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.

Wikipedia

Sadness

Sadness is an emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic, and withdraw themselves from others. An example of severe sadness is depression, a mood which can be brought on by major depressive disorder or persistent depressive disorder. Crying can be an indication of sadness.

Sadness is one of the six basic emotions described by Paul Ekman, along with happiness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust.: 271–4 

Examples of use of SAD
1. Carluccio, who will be 70 this year, said: "I feel sad, sad, sad.
2. We are all sad, sad, single people, Radcliffe declared.
3. When I‘m really happy I‘m really happy and when I‘m really sad I‘m really sad.
4. What a sad situation to be in I hope she gets this sad news sooner than later. – Mary, Enniskillen How sad.
5. A sad time for cricket and also a sad time for professional sport.