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.

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#*(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.

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#Causing sorrow; lamentable.

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#*: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.

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#*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.

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(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 .

Adjective

(en adjective)

Very sad; inclined to sob

*{{quote-book, year=1903, author=George Horace Lorimer, title=Old Gorgon Graham, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=It began, 'Where is my wandering boy to-night?' and by the time she was through I was feeling so mushy and sobby that I put a five instead of a one into the plate by mistake. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1917, author=Sewell Ford, title=Wilt Thou Torchy, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Every piece of furniture, from the threadbare sofa to the rickety center table, seems kind of sad and sobby . }}

(by extension) Dripping wet

*{{quote-book, year=1882, author=Carlton McCarthy, title=Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Nobody knows who he was; but no matter how wet the leaves, how sobby the twigs, no matter if there was no fire in a mile of the camp, that fellow could start one. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1902, author=Ellen Glasgow, title=The Battle Ground, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The woman served him sullenly, placing some sobby biscuits and a piece of cold bacon on his plate, and pouring out a glass of buttermilk with a vicious thrust of the pitcher. }}