Definition of "sad" in English

adjective

1. (heading) Emotionally negative.

2. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.

3. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.

4. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.

5. (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.

6. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.

   • I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!
   • You’d have to be really sad to wear a shirt like that.

7. (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).

8. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

   • sad bread

verb

1. (transitive, archaic) To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).

   • 16??, John Webster, Appius and Virginia My father's wondrous pensive, and withal / With a suppress'd rage left his house displeas'd, / And so in post is hurried to the camp: / It sads me much; to expel which melancholy, / I have sent for company.

interjection

1. (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, ridicule or disgust; bah!

noun

1. Alternative form of saad (“Arabic letter”).