SAD, a. [It is probable this word is from the root of set. I have not found the word is from the root of set. I have not found the word in the English sense, in any other language.] 1. Sorrowful; affected with grief; cast down with affliction.Th' angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life.2. Habitually melancholy; gloomy; not gay or cheerful.See in her cell sad Eloisa spread.3. Downcast; gloomy; having the external appearance of sorrow; as a sad countenance. Matt. 6.4. Serious; grave; not gay, light or volatile.Lady Catherine, a sad and religious woman.5. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as a sad accident; a sad misfortune.6. Dark colored.Woad or wade is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors.[This sense is, I believe, entirely obsolete.]7. Bad; vexatious; as a sad husband. [Colloquial.]8. Heavy; weighty; ponderous.With that his hand more sad than lump of lead. Obs.9. Close; firm; cohesive; opposed to light or friable.Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. Obs.[The two latter senses indicate that the primary sense is set, fixed.]
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