sad
English
/sæd/
adj
Definitions
- (heading) Emotionally negative.
- (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
- (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
- (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
- (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
- (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
- (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
- (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sad inherited from Old English sæd (full, sated) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (sated, full, satisfied) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (satiate, satisfy, be satisfied, fill up).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seh₂-
Gloss
satiate, satisfy, be satisfied, fill up
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boi English
- case English
- fic English
- fuck English
- iron English
- oversad English
- sadboi English
- sadcase English
- sadcore English
- sadden English
- saddenest English
- saddeneth English
- saddish English
- saddo English
- sade English
- sadfic English
- sadfuck English
- sadful English
- sadiron English
- sadly English
- sadness English
- sadsome English
- sadster English
- sadware English
- semisad English
- unsadden English
- insatiātus Latin
- sagina Latin
- satisfacere Latin
- satisfacio Latin
- satisfactus Latin
- Nimmersatt German
- satt German
- satthaben German
- soddisfazione Italian
- ἁδρός Ancient Greek
- *seh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *sh₂tis Proto-Indo-European
- *sadaz Proto-Germanic
- *sadjaną Proto-Germanic
- *sadōną Proto-Germanic
- sæd Old English
- असिन्व Sanskrit
- सिन्व Sanskrit
- sad Middle English
- saddenen Middle English
- saden Middle English
- sadnesse Middle English
- sat Old High German
- sat Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌰𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *sat Old Dutch
- sad Old Saxon
- sad Scots
- sed Old Frisian