Thesaurus:sadden

Thesaurus

sadden

English

Verb

Sense: to make sad or unhappy

Synonyms

• aggrieve
• attrist (archaic)
• begloom (archaic)
• begrieve (archaic)
• besorrow
• bring down
• contristate (obsolete)
• dash    [⇒ thesaurus]
• deject
• depress
• desolate
• dispirit
• engrieve (archaic)
• forset (UK, dialect, figurative)
• get down
• grieve
• grieven
• moan (obsolete)
• oppress
• rue (obsolete)
• sadden
• sadden up
• tristitiate (obsolete)
• ungladden (nonce)
• unhappy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• upset    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• cheer
• cheer up
• gladden
• hearten
• upcheer (archaic)

Hyponyms

• daunt
• despair
• deter
• disappoint
• discourage
• dissuade
• dishearten
• move someone to tears (idiomatic)
• reduce someone to tears (idiomatic)

Coordinate terms

• annoy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• enrage    [⇒ thesaurus]
• frighten    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vex    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• upset    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:be sad (intransitive verb: to feel sad)
• Thesaurus:lament (transitive verb: to feel sad for)
• Thesaurus:lamentable (adjective: causing sorrow)
• Thesaurus:rattristare (Italian)

Further reading

• “837. dejection” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “sadden” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.