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sad | cool |

As a noun sad

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As an acronym cool is

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sad

English

Adjective

(sadder)
  • (label) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
  • (label) Steadfast, valiant.
  • *, Book V:
  • *:And thus they strekyn forth into the stremys, many sadde hunderthes.
  • (label) Dignified, serious, grave.
  • *, II.xi:
  • *:Vprose Sir Guyon, in bright armour clad, / And to his purposd iourney him prepar'd: / With him the Palmer eke in habit sad , / Him selfe addrest to that aduenture hard
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:ripe and sad courage
  • * (1467-1533)
  • *:which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties
  • (label) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
  • *(Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)
  • *:Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.
  • (label) Emotionally negative.
  • #Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
  • #*1646 , (Thomas Browne), Pseudodoxia Epidemica , II.5:
  • #*:this is either used crude, and called Sulphur Vive, and is of a sadder colour; or after depuration, such as we have in magdeleons of rolls, of a lighter yellow.
  • #*(Izaak Walton) (c.1594-1683)
  • #*:sad -coloured clothes
  • #* John Mortimer (1656?-1736)
  • #*:Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colours.
  • #Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
  • #:
  • #*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • #*:First were we sad , fearing you would not come; / Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.
  • #*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • #*:The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad .
  • #Appearing sorrowful.
  • #:
  • #Causing sorrow; lamentable.
  • #:
  • #*
  • #*:The Great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, / For all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad .
  • #*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=20 citation , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad .}}
  • #Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
  • #:
  • #*1819 , (Lord Byron), , II.127:
  • #*:Heaven knows what cash he got, or blood he spilt, / A sad old fellow was he, if you please.
  • (label) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
  • :
  • (label) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
  • (label) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
  • :sad bread
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:his hand, more sad than lump of lead
  • * John Mortimer (1656?-1736)
  • *:Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad .
  • Synonyms

    * (feeling mentally uncomfortable) discomforted, distressed, uncomfortable, unhappy * (low in spirits) depressed, down in the dumps, glum, melancholy * poignant, touching * (causing sorrow) lamentable * (poor in quality) pitiful, sorry * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * happy * cheerful * gleeful, upbeat * decent

    Derived terms

    * sadness

    Anagrams

    * * * 1000 English basic words ----

    cool

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (slang) coo, kewl, kool, qewl, qool

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
  • Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=2 citation , passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
  • Of a person, not showing emotion, calm and in self-control.
  • Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
  • Calmly audacious.
  • * (Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1804-1864)
  • Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
  • * 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
  • My father was talking to the World's Fair Commission yesterday, and they estimate it's going to cost a cool fifty million.
  • (label) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
  • (label) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
  • * 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in'' Nate Green, ''Built for Show , page xii
  • The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
  • (label) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
  • (label) A dismissal of a comment perceived as boring or pointless.
  • (label) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
  • * (Henry Fielding) (1707-1754)
  • He had lost a cool hundred.
  • * (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
  • leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket
    Synonyms
    * (having a slightly low temperature) chilly * (not showing emotion) distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional * (in fashion) ** (standard) , fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish ** (colloquial or slang) happening, hip, in, trendy * (acceptable) acceptable, all right, OK * (not upset) easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed'''
    Antonyms
    * (having a slightly low temperature) lukewarm, tepid, warm * (not showing emotion) passionate * (knowing what to do and how to behave) awkward, uncool * (in fashion) , old hat, out, out of fashion * (acceptable) not cricket (UK), not on, unacceptable * (not upset) bothered, upset * (unenthusiastic) warm
    Derived terms
    * cool head * coolish * coolly * coolness * keep one's cool * lose one's cool * uncool
    Quotations
    * The earliest use of the word in this way seems to be in ' "The Moonstone" 1868: *: "She has been a guest of yours at this house," I answered. "May I venture to suggest — if nothing was said about me beforehand — that I might see her here?" *: "Cool!" said Mr. Bruff. With that one word of comment on the reply that I had made to him, he took another turn up and down the room. *: "In plain English," he said, "my house is to be turned into a trap to catch Rachel ... * In 1602, Shakespeare wrote that Queen Gertrude told Hamlet: *: "O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, Sprinkle cool patience."

    Noun

    (-)
  • A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
  • in the cool of the morning
  • A calm temperament.
  • Synonyms
    *(calm temperament) calmness, composure

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) colen, from (etyl) , altered to resemble the adjective cool. See (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
  • I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
  • To make cooler, less warm.
  • * Bible, Luke xvi. 24:
  • Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.
  • (figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
  • Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
  • To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
  • * Shakespeare:
  • We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.
    Derived terms
    * coolant * cooler * cooling * cool off * cool down * cool it * cool one's heels * cool one's jets

    Anagrams

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