Thesaurus:sadden
English
Verb
Sense: to make sad or unhappy
Synonyms
- aggrieve
- attrist (archaic)
- begloom (archaic)
- begrieve (archaic)
- besorrow
- grieve
- bring down
- contristate (obsolete)
- dash [⇒ thesaurus]
- deject
- depress
- desolate
- dispirit
- engrieve (archaic)
- forset (UK, dialect, figurative)
- get down
- grieve
- grieven
- moan (obsolete)
- oppress
- rue (obsolete)
- sadden
- sadden up
- tristitiate (obsolete)
- ungladden (nonce)
- unhappy [⇒ thesaurus]
- upset [⇒ thesaurus]
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- daunt
- despair
- deter
- disappoint
- discourage
- dissuade
- dishearten
- move someone to tears (idiomatic)
- pity [⇒ thesaurus] (regional)
- reduce someone to tears (idiomatic)
Coordinate terms
Hypernyms
See also
- Thesaurus:be sad (intransitive verb: to feel sad)
- Thesaurus:lament (transitive verb: to feel sad for)
- Thesaurus:lamentable (adjective: causing sorrow)
- Thesaurus:rattristare (Italian)
Further reading
- “837. dejection” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “sadden” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.