It will sadden Tony so much to hear that Donna is dead.
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Sadden
//ˈsædən//
Synonyms for "sadden" (80 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- أَحْزَنَ verb (make sad or unhappy)
- حَزَّن verb (make sad or unhappy)
- زَعَّل verb (make sad or unhappy)
Basque
2 entries- goibeldu verb (make sad or unhappy)
- goibeldu verb (become sad or unhappy)
Bulgarian
4 entries- натъжавам verb (make sad or unhappy)
- натъжавам се verb (become sad or unhappy)
- опечалявам verb (make sad or unhappy)
- опечалявам се verb (become sad or unhappy)
Catalan
2 entries- entristir verb (make sad or unhappy)
- entristir-se verb (become sad or unhappy)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉagreni verb (make sad or unhappy)
French
1 entries- attrister verb (make sad or unhappy)
Galician
2 entries- entristecer verb (make sad or unhappy)
- magoar verb (make sad or unhappy)
Georgian
3 entries- დამწუხრება verb (make sad or unhappy)
- დასევდიანება verb (make sad or unhappy)
- დაღონება verb (make sad or unhappy)
German
3 entries- betrüben verb (make sad or unhappy)
- betrüben verb (become sad or unhappy)
- traurig werden verb (become sad or unhappy)
Greek
1 entries- λυπώ verb (make sad or unhappy)
Hebrew
1 entries- העציב verb (make sad or unhappy)
Hungarian
1 entries- elszomorít verb (make sad or unhappy)
Ido
1 entries- chagrenigar verb (make sad or unhappy)
Indonesian
1 entries- memilukan verb (make sad or unhappy)
Italian
4 entries- intristire verb (make sad or unhappy)
- intristire verb (become sad or unhappy)
- rattristare verb (make sad or unhappy)
- rattristarsi verb (become sad or unhappy)
Korean
2 entries- 슬퍼지다 verb (become sad or unhappy)
- 슬프게 하다 verb (make sad or unhappy)
Māori
4 entries- whakaaroha verb (make sad or unhappy)
- whakahinapōuri verb (make sad or unhappy)
- whakakiwakiwa verb (make sad or unhappy)
- whakapāhi verb (make sad or unhappy)
Occitan
1 entries- entristesir verb (make sad or unhappy)
Oromo
1 entries- gaddisiisuu verb (make sad or unhappy)
Polish
3 entries- smucić verb (make sad or unhappy)
- zasmucać verb (make sad or unhappy)
- zasmucić verb (make sad or unhappy)
Portuguese
2 entries- entristecer verb (make sad or unhappy)
- entristecer verb (become sad or unhappy)
Romanian
2 entries- mâhni verb (make sad or unhappy)
- întrista verb (make sad or unhappy)
Russian
3 entries- опеча́ливать verb (make sad or unhappy)
- опеча́лить verb (make sad or unhappy)
- печа́лить verb (make sad or unhappy)
Spanish
3 entries- apenar verb (make sad or unhappy)
- contristar verb (make sad or unhappy)
- entristecer verb (make sad or unhappy)
Turkish
2 entries- üzmek verb (make sad or unhappy)
- üzülmek verb (become sad or unhappy)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone.
Source: wiktionary
The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
Source: wiktionary
He saddens, all the magic light Dies off at once from bower and hall, And all the place is dark, and all The chambers emptied of delight: […]
Source: wiktionary
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