sad

US: /ˈsæd/
UK: /sˈæd/


English Vietnamese dictionary


sad /sæd/
  • tính từ
    • buồn rầu, buồn bã
      • to look sad: trông buồn
    • (đùa cợt) quá tồi, không thể sửa chữa được
    • không xốp, chắc (bánh)
    • chết (màu sắc)
      • sad colours: màu chết

Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective (sadder, saddest)
unhappy
1 ~ (to do sth)
~ (that...) unhappy or showing unhappiness: We are very sad to hear that you are leaving. + I was sad that she had to go. + She looked sad and tired. + I felt terribly sad about it. + He gave a slight, sad smile. + The divorce left him sadder and wiser (= having learned from the unpleasant experience).
2 ~ (to do sth)
~ (that ...) that makes you feel unhappy: a sad story / poem / song + It was sad to see them go. + It is sad that so many of his paintings have been lost. + We had some sad news yesterday. + He's a sad case-his wife died last year and he can't seem to manage without her. + It will be a sad day for all of us if the theatre is forced to close. + Sad to say (= unfortunately) the house has now been demolished.
unacceptable
3 unacceptable; deserving blame or criticism: a sad state of affairs + It's a sad fact that many of those killed were children. + It's a sad reflection on life that it takes danger and suffering to bring people closer together.
boring
4 (spoken, slang) boring or not fashionable: You sad old man. + You'd have to be sad to wear a shirt like that.
in poor condition
5 in poor condition: The salad consisted of a few leaves of sad-looking lettuce.
See also - SADLY, SADNESS

Thesaurus dictionary


adj.
1 unhappy, melancholy, downcast, dejected, depressed, low, sorrowful, gloomy, morose, glum, lugubrious, mournful, heartsick, crestfallen, chap-fallen, disheartened, downhearted, blue, despondent, broken-hearted, heartbroken, woebegone, miserable, wretched:
Danny was so sad when his dog died that he wept for a week.
2 depressing, gloomy, disheartening, dreary, dismal, funereal, sombre, lugubrious, saddening, heartbreaking, bleak, distressing, dispiriting, calamitous:
It was a sad day for all of us here when the England team lost the semifinal.
3 unfortunate, unsatisfactory, awful, bad, shabby, dirty, lamentable, miserable, sorry, wretched, pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, deplorable, terrible, Colloq lousy, rotten:
After two weeks under water, the sofa was in pretty sad shape.

Collocation dictionary


1 unhappy

VERBS

appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, grow | make sb
This music always makes me sad.

ADV.

all, desperately, immensely, particularly, profoundly, really, unbearably, very
I called Mum, sounding all sad and pathetic.
| almost | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | strangely

PREP.

about
She was still feeling very sad about her father's death.

2 causing unhappiness

VERBS

be, seem | find sth

ADV.

deeply, extremely, intensely, particularly, profoundly, really, terribly, unutterably, very
a deeply sad occasion
| a bit, a little, quite, rather
a rather sad story


Concise English dictionary


sadder|saddestsæd
adj.
+experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
+of things that make you feel sad
+bad; unfortunate