sad

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

   I was feeling sad because my dog had died.

2. 2
   adj

   of things that make you feel sad

   sad news

3. 3
   adj

   Emotionally negative.

   She gets sad when he's away.

4. 4
   adj

   Steadfast, valiant.

   The fearefull newes that whilſt the flame doth but begin, Sad pollicie may ſerue to quench the fire: […]

5. 5
   adj

   Dignified, serious, grave.

   Therfore it nedeth that better prouysion. Were founde for youthe by sad and wyse counsayle

6. 6
   adj

   Naughty; troublesome; wicked.

   Mr. Santon laughed, and merely said,—"Oh, you cruel beauty!" returning to his paper again; but, seated in the bay-window was one, who could not thus lightly look upon the conduct of the coquettish Winnie, for it was evident she was a sad coquette.

7. 7
   adj

   Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.

   I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!

8. 8
   adj

   Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

   sad bread

Etymology

From Middle English sad, from Old English sæd (“satisfied, full, sated, unable to handle more, weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *sad, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated, satisfied”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”). Cognate to Saterland Frisian sääd, West Frisian sêd, Dutch zat, German Low German satt, German satt. The interjection sense is a reference to frequent usage of the word as an interjection in the tweets of Donald Trump, American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; a Trumpism.