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# sad

«sad» in Mova's school dictionary: **unhappy, feeling sorrow, often wanting to cry** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (sad, sadder, saddest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sad means unhappy, feeling sorrow, often wanting to cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#m1)

2) Sad means making you feel unhappy: sad news, a sad film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#m2)

3) Sad (informal) can mean boring or embarrassing — can be unkind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, sadness is a normal feeling after loss, disappointment or loneliness; talking, crying, rest and comfort help, and if you feel sad for a long time tell a trusted adult. In stories, sad moments make readers care about characters. Phrases: «feel sad», «sad about», «sad to say», «sad face».

### examples

- I felt sad when my goldfish died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#x1)
- She looks sad — let's ask if she's okay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#x2)
- This is the saddest film I've seen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#x3)
- It's sad that the park is closing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#x4)
- He was sad about leaving his friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#x5)
- It's okay to be sad sometimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#x6)
- Draw a sad face and a happy face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#x7)
- Sad to say, we lost the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#x8)
- This made the boy very sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/#x9)

### note

Double d: sadder, saddest. Noun: «sadness»; adverb: «sadly». Opposite: happy, glad. «Sadly» can also mean «unfortunately»: «Sadly, it rained».

### In the corpora

- [A divorce can feel sad and also a relief, because a long, hard process is over.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/12/)
- [Behind a funny line about someone there may be a sad story, like old pets that died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/23/)
- [You do not have to feel sad about a famous person you never knew; the people laying flowers knew their songs or films.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/19/)
- [Films are made to make us feel things: scared, sad, excited, happy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings/0/)
- [Whether that counts as real understanding is something scientists still argue about, but it has never felt sad in a body.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sad» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sad/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.