Found 2 items, similar to sadder.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sadder sad adj 1: experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; “feeling sad because his dog had died”; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti [ant: glad] 2: of things that make you feel sad; “sad news”; “she doesn't like sad movies”; “it was a very sad story”; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti 3: bad; unfortunate; “my finances were in a deplorable state”; “a lamentable decision”; “her clothes were in sad shape”; “a sorry state of affairs” [syn: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sorry] [also: saddest, sadder] sadder See sad
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sadder Sad \Sad\ (s[a^]d), a. [Compar. Sadder (s[a^]d"d[~e]r); superl. Saddest.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. s[ae]d satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. sa[eth]r, saddr, Goth. sa[thorn]s, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. 'a`menai to satiate, 'a`dnh enough. Cf. Assets, Sate, Satiate, Satisfy, Satire.] 1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.] [1913 Webster] His hand, more sad than lump of lead. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. “Sad-colored clothes.” --Walton. [1913 Webster] Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.] “Ripe and sad courage.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. --Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster] 5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. [1913 Webster] First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. [1913 Webster] 7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.] “Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.” --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like. [1913 Webster] Sad bread, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster] Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous. [1913 Webster] Sadder \Sad"der\, n. Same as Sadda. [1913 Webster]