English-Thai Dictionary

sadden

VI เสียใจ  depress sia-jai

 

sadden

VT ทำให้ เสียใจ  oppress discourage depress tam-hai-sia-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SADDEN

v.t.sad'n. 1. To make sad or sorrowful; also, to make melancholy or gloomy.
2. To make dark colored. Obs.
3. To make heavy, firm or cohesive.
Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. Obs.

 

SADDENED

pp. Made sad or gloomy.

 

SADDENING

ppr. Making sad or gloomy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SADDEN

Sad "den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saddened; p. pr. & vb. n. Saddening. ]

 

Defn: To make sad. Specifically: (a ) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs. ] Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. Mortimer.

 

(b ) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth. (c ) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. Pope.

 

SADDEN

SADDEN Sad "den, v. i.

 

Defn: To become, or be made, sad. Tennyson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sadden

sad den |ˈsadn ˈsædn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause to feel sorrow; make unhappy: he was greatly saddened by the death of his only son | [ with obj. and infinitive ] : I was saddened to see their lack of commitment.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sadden

sad ¦den |ˈsad (ə )n | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause to feel sorrow; make unhappy: he was greatly saddened by the death of his only son | [ with obj. and infinitive ] : I was saddened to see their lack of commitment.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sadden

sadden verb of course we are all saddened by this tragic news: depress, dispirit, deject, dishearten, grieve, desolate, discourage, upset, get down, bring down, break someone's heart.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sadden

sadden verb I was saddened by the number of casualties: depress, dispirit, dishearten, grieve, desolate, discourage, upset, get down, bring down, cast down, dash, dampen someone's spirits, cast a gloom on, bring tears to someone's eyes, break someone's heart, make someone's heart bleed; archaic deject. ANTONYMS cheer up.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sadden

sad den /sǽd (ə )n /動詞 ｟かたく ｠他動詞 …を悲しませる ; …をくすんだ色にする (!しばしば受け身で ) .自動詞 悲しむ ; くすんだ色になる .～ing 形容詞 (人を )悲しませる (ような ).