Synonyms for sadden
Definitions
- v. 1
To make sad or unhappy.
I was saddened that you felt so little for me.
- v. 2
To become sad or unhappy.
- v. 3
To darken a color during dyeing.
- v. 4
To render heavy, hard, or cohesive; to compress or thicken.
Related words
- Phrases
- sadden up
Forms
- Past participle
- saddened
e.g. saddened → grieved, sorrowed, unhappied, pained…
Example sentences
- upset Tom was too upset to talk about what had happened.
- unhappy We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.
- sorrow To my sorrow, my father cannot attend the meeting.
- grieve She did nothing but grieve over her husband's death.
- depress Rain doesn't depress people who like reading.
By length
- 4 letters
- pain1, dash1
- 5 letters
- upset2, shade1, tinge1
- 6 letters
- sorrow2, grieve1, deepen2, darken2, deject2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, oppress2, depress2, thicken2
- 8 letters
- distress2, desolate3, aggrieve2, dispirit
- 10 letters
- discourage3, dishearten
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (upset2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- attrister
- Italiano
- attristare
- Español
- entristecer
- Deutsch
- betrüben