Meaning & Definition of Sad in English

1. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

• "Feeling sad because his dog had died"

• "Better by far that you should forget and smile / than that you should remember and be sad"- christina rossetti

2. Of things that make you feel sad

• "Sad news"

• "She doesn't like sad movies"

• "It was a very sad story"

• "When i am dead, my dearest, / sing no sad songs for me"- christina rossetti

3. Bad

• Unfortunate

• "My finances were in a deplorable state"

• "A lamentable decision"

• "Her clothes were in sad shape"

• "A sorry state of affairs"