different between sad vs compassionate

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sad, from Old English sæd (“sated, full”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated, satisfied”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to satiate, satisfy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæd/
• Rhymes: -æd

Adjective

sad (comparative sadder or more sad, superlative saddest or most sad)

1. (heading) Emotionally negative.
   1. Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
   2. Appearing sorrowful.

   3. Causing sorrow; lamentable.
      • 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse

        The Great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, / For all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad.
   4. Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
   5. Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
      • 1679, Izaak Walton, The Life of Bishop Robert Sanderson

        sad-coloured clothes

      • Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of many colours, especially all sad colours.

2. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
3. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
4. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
   • 1509, Sebastian Brant, Alexander Barclay (translator), The Ship of Fools,

     Therfore it nedeth that better prouysion.
     Were founde for youthe by sad and wyse counsayle
5. (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
   • 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilization

     Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.

6. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.

7. (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
8. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
   • Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad.

Synonyms

• (feeling mentally uncomfortable): discomforted, distressed, uncomfortable, unhappy
• (low in spirits): depressed, down in the dumps, glum, melancholy
• (moving, full of feeling): poignant, touching
• (causing sorrow): lamentable
• (poor in quality): pitiful, sorry
• See also Thesaurus:sad
• See also Thesaurus:lamentable

Antonyms

• happy
• cheerful
• gleeful, upbeat
• decent

Derived terms

• sadness
• sadder
• saddest
• sadboi
• sad sack
• sadfishing
• unsad

Related terms

• sadden

Translations

Further reading

• sad in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sad in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Verb

sad (third-person singular simple present sads, present participle sadding, simple past and past participle sadded)

1. (transitive, archaic) To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
   • 16??, John Webster, Appius and Virginia

     My father's wondrous pensive, and withal / With a suppress'd rage left his house displeas'd, / And so in post is hurried to the camp: / It sads me much; to expel which melancholy, / I have sent for company.

Etymology 2

Noun

sad (plural sads)

1. Alternative form of saad (“Arabic letter”)

Anagrams

• ADS, ADs, ASD, AdS, Ads, DA's, DAS, DAs, DSA, SDA, ads, das

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sad

Adverb

sad

1. (focus) also; too
2. (after a negative) either

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sad?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sat]

Noun

sad m

1. orchard

Declension

Derived terms

• sada? m
• sadový

Further reading

• sad in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sad in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Verb

sad

1. past tense of sidde

Gothic

Romanization

sad

1. Romanization of ????????????

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) sa'd

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sadek.

Noun

sad

1. precipitation (hail, rain, snow)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sad? (“plant, garden”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian sad, Polish sad (“orchard”), Czech sad (“orchard”), Russian ??? (sad, “orchard, garden”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (sad?, “plant, garden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sat]

Noun

sad m

1. fruit (food)

Declension

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to satiate, satisfy”).

Adjective

sad (comparative sadoro, superlative sadost)

1. full, sated, satiated
2. weary

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German sat

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sad?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sat/

Noun

sad m inan (diminutive sadek)

1. orchard

Declension

Related terms

• (noun) sadownik
• (adjective) sadowy

Related terms

• (verb) sadzi?

Further reading

• sad in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• sad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Etymology

From Old English sæd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?d/

Adjective

sad (comparative sadder, superlative saddest)

1. grave, serious
2. strange, remarkable
3. sad

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *s?da, *s?goda.

Alternative forms

• s?da

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâd/

Adverb

s?d (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. now
2. currently
3. presently

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *saditi (“to plant”). Compare Serbo-Croatian saditi and Russian ??? (sad)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâ?d/

Noun

s?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. plant nursery, plantation, orchard (specialized facility rather than a home garden)
2. a seeding or sapling from a plant nursery

Declension

References

• “sad” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• “sad” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sad?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sad/, [sat]

Noun

sad m (genitive singular sadu, nominative plural sady, genitive plural sadov, declension pattern of dub)

1. garden, orchard, plantation

Declension

Derived terms

• sadový
• sadík

References

• sad in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sá?t/

Noun

s?d m inan

1. fruit

Inflection

Further reading

• “sad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Wakhi

Etymology

Compare Tajik ??? (sad).

Numeral

sad

1. hundred

English

Etymology

A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, adjective) IPA^(key): /k?m?pæ??n?t/
• (UK, verb) IPA^(key): /k?m?pæ??ne?t/

Adjective

compassionate (comparative more compassionate, superlative most compassionate)

1. Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).

   Synonyms: empathetic, sympathetic, ruthful

   (names given to God in Islam)

   • 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World, London: Samuel Macham,^[1]

     As a compassionate Turcoyse which doth tell

     By looking pale, the wearer is not well,

   • 1675, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 574,^[2]

     […] there never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender, and compassionate.

   • 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, London: Bradbury and Evans, Chapter 49, p. 502,^[3]

     He was by nature so exceedingly compassionate of anyone who seemed to be ill at ease […] that he shook hands with Mr. Micawber, at least half-a-dozen times in five minutes.

   • 2007, Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Orlando: Harcourt, Chapter 7, p. 99,^[4]

     […] the compassionate pangs I felt for soon-to-be redundant workers were not overwhelming in their frequency; our job required a degree of commitment that left one with rather limited time for such distractions.

2. Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.

3. (obsolete) Inviting or asking for pity.

   Synonym: pitiable

   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene 3,^[5]

     It boots thee not to be compassionate:

     After our sentence plaining comes too late.

Derived terms

• compassionately
• compassionateness
• uncompassionate

Translations

Verb

compassionate (third-person singular simple present compassionates, present participle compassionating, simple past and past participle compassionated)

1. (transitive, archaic) To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.

   Synonyms: pity, feel sorry for

   • 1602, Thomas Lodge (translator), The Famous and Memorable Workes of Josephus, London: G. Bishop et al., Chapter 6, p. 733,^[6]

     […] seeing them die so wofully in the flames, he compassionated them.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 1, Book 2, Chapter 6, p. 83,^[7]

     The Justice which Mr. Allworthy had executed on Partridge, at first met with universal Approbation; but no sooner had he felt its Consequences, than his Neighbours began to relent, and to compassionate his Case;

   • 1794, William Godwin, Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams, London: B. Crosby, Volume 2, Chapter 1, p. 4,^[8]

     And yet I could not help bitterly compassionating the honest fellow, brought to the gallows, as he was, strictly speaking, by the machinations of that devil incarnate, Mr. Tyrrel.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, London: Smith, Elder, Volume 1, Chapter 3, p. 38,^[9]

     “ […] if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that.”

Translations

Italian

Verb

compassionate

1. second-person plural present indicative of compassionare
2. second-person plural imperative of compassionare
3. feminine plural of compassionato