sad

adjective
/ˈsæd/

Emotionally negative.

Other meanings

Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
Appearing sorrowful.

Example sentences

“When I look back on my life, it's kind of sad.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "sæd" (satisfied, full, sated, unable to handle more, weary).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sad” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.