Sad (săd), a.
[Compar. Sadder (?);
supperl. Saddest.] [OE. sad sated,
tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. sæd satisfied,
sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG.
sat, Icel. saðr, saddr, Goth.
saþs, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis,
enough, satur sated, Gr. 'a`menai to satiate,
'a`dnh enough. Cf. Assets, Sate,
Satiate, Satisfy, Satire.] 1.
Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.]
Yet of that art they can not waxen sad,
For unto them it is a bitter sweet.
Chaucer.
2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close;
hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.]
His hand, more sad than lump of
lead.
Spenser.
Chalky lands are naturally cold and
sad.
Mortimer.
3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of
colors. "Sad-colored clothes." Walton.
Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the
foundation of all sad colors.
Mortimer.
4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light
or frivolous. [Obs.] "Ripe and sad courage."
Chaucer.
Lady Catharine, a sad and religious
woman.
Bacon.
Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and
discrete counsel of both parties.
Ld. Berners.
5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast
down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
First were we sad, fearing you would not
come;
Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.
Shak.
The angelic guards ascended, mute and
sad.
Milton.
6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as,
a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome;
wicked. [Colloq.] "Sad tipsy fellows, both of them."
I. Taylor.
☞ Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-
explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed,
sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like.
Sad bread, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local,
U.S.] Bartlett.
Syn. -- Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed;
cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive;
calamitous.