sadden
Verb
Verb Forms: saddened, saddening, saddens
- To make someone feel sad or unhappy.
- make unhappy
- "The news of her death saddened me"
- come to feel sad
- To make sad or unhappy.
- To become sad or unhappy.
- To darken a color during dyeing.
- To render heavy or cohesive.
Examples
- It can sadden a player to draw nothing but vowels for three consecutive turns.
- It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English saddenen, equivalent to sad + -en.
Synonyms
aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, bleed, bring down, condole, contristate, dash, deepen, deject, depress, desolate, dispirit, engrieve, erme, forset, get a sad on, get down, gloom, grieve, grieven, lament, moan, mourn, oppress, regret, rue, sadden, sadden up, shade, sigh, sorrow, thicken, tinge, tristitiate, ungladden, unhappy, upset, wayment, yearn
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
sadden: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsadden: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sadden: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary