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sad

adjective · /sæd/ · Level 1 · Starter

What does sad mean?

sad (adjective): feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

How do you use sad in a sentence?

How do you pronounce sad?

/sæd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.

What are antonyms of sad?

From Princeton WordNet 3.1.

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What does “sad” mean?

at or constituting a border or edge

Not quite: that's what marginal means.

not able; lacking a certain ability

Not quite: that's what unable means.

feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful

Right! That's what “sad” means.

contrived by art rather than nature

Not quite: that's what artificial means.

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