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English Dictionary: Sad by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
    Antonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sad \Sad\ (s[acr]d), a. [Compar. {Sadder}; supperl. {Saddest}.]
      [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. s[91]d
      satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat,
      Icel. sa[edh]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.]
  
                     Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto
                     them it is a bitter sweet.                  --Chaucer.
  
      2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a
            few phrases; as, sad bread.]
  
                     His hand, more sad than lump of lead. --Spenser.
  
                     Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. --Mortimer.
  
      3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors.
            [bd]Sad-colored clothes.[b8] --Walton.
  
                     Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the
                     foundation of all sad colors.            --Mortimer.
  
      4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
            [Obs.] [bd]Ripe and sad courage.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. --Bacon.
  
                     Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete
                     counsel of both parties.                     --Ld. Berners.
  
      5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with
            affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
  
                     First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now
                     sadder, that you come so unprovided.   --Shak.
  
                     The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. --Milton.
  
      6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad
            accident; a sad misfortune.
  
      7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.]
            [bd]Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.[b8] --I. Taylor.
  
      Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of
               self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed,
               sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like.
  
      {Sad bread}, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed;
               cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous;
               afflictive; calamitous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sad \Sad\, v. t.
      To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.]
  
               How it sadded the minister's spirits!      --H. Peters.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SAD
  
      {Systems Analysis Definition}
  
  
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