different between sad vs desolate
sad
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)
- (heading) Emotionally negative.
- Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
- Appearing sorrowful.
- 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.
- 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse
- Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
- 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.
- 1679, Izaak Walton, The Life of Bishop Robert Sanderson
- Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
- (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
- (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
- (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
- Therfore it nedeth that better prouysion.
- 1509, Sebastian Brant, Alexander Barclay (translator), The Ship of Fools,
- (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
- 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilization
- Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.
- 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilization
- (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
- (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
- (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)
- (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.
- 16??, John Webster, Appius and Virginia
Etymology 2
Noun
sad (plural sads)
- 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
- (focus) also; too
- (after a negative) either
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sad?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sat]
Noun
sad m
- 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
- past tense of sidde
Gothic
Romanization
sad
- Romanization of ????????????
Livonian
Alternative forms
- (Courland) sa'd
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sadek.
Noun
sad
- 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
- fruit (food)
Declension
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to satiate, satisfy”).
Adjective
sad (comparative sadoro, superlative sadost)
- full, sated, satiated
- weary
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German sat
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sad?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sat/
Noun
sad m inan (diminutive sadek)
- 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)
- grave, serious
- strange, remarkable
- 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 ????)
- now
- currently
- 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 ????)
- plant nursery, plantation, orchard (specialized facility rather than a home garden)
- 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)
- 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
- fruit
Inflection
Further reading
- “sad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Wakhi
Etymology
Compare Tajik ??? (sad).
Numeral
sad
- hundred
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desolate
English
Etymology
From Middle English desolate, from Latin d?s?l?tus, past participle of d?s?l?re (“to leave alone, make lonely, lay waste, desolate”), from s?lus (“alone”).
Pronunciation
- (adjective) IPA(key): /?d?s?l?t/
- (verb) IPA(key): /?d?s?le?t/
Adjective
desolate (comparative more desolate, superlative most desolate)
- Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
- a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house
- Barren and lifeless.
- Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
- desolate altars
- Dismal or dreary.
- Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
- He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.
- voice of the poor and desolate
Translations
Verb
desolate (third-person singular simple present desolates, present participle desolating, simple past and past participle desolated)
- To deprive of inhabitants.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, “Of Vicissitude of Things” in Essays, London: H. Herringman et al., 1691, p. 204,[1]
- If you consider well of the People of the West-Indies, it is very probable, that they are a newer or younger People, than the People of the old World. And it is much more likely, that the destruction that hath heretofore been there, was not by Earthquakes, […] but rather, it was Desolated by a particular Deluge: For Earthquakes are seldom in those Parts.
- 1717, John Dryden (translator), Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Dublin: G. Risk et al., 1727, Volume I, Book I, p. 16,[2]
- O Righteous Themis, if the Pow’rs above
- By Pray’rs are bent to pity, and to love;
- If humane Miseries can move their Mind;
- If yet they can forgive, and yet be kind;
- Tell how we may restore, by second birth,
- Mankind, and people desolated Earth.
- 1891, Charles Creighton, A History of Epidemics in Britain, Cambridge University Press, Chapter 1, p. 23,[3]
- York was so desolated just before the survey that it is not easy to estimate its ordinary population […]
- 1625, Francis Bacon, “Of Vicissitude of Things” in Essays, London: H. Herringman et al., 1691, p. 204,[1]
- To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
- 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 2nd edition, 1809, Volume I, Book 3, p. 118,[4]
- Then Moath pointed where a cloud
- Of Locusts, from the desolated fields
- Of Syria, wing’d their way.
- 1905, H. G. Wells, A Modern Utopia, Chapter 2, § 3,[5]
- But in Utopia there will be wide stretches of cheerless or unhealthy or toilsome or dangerous land with never a household; there will be regions of mining and smelting, black with the smoke of furnaces and gashed and desolated by mines, with a sort of weird inhospitable grandeur of industrial desolation, and the men will come thither and work for a spell and return to civilisation again, washing and changing their attire in the swift gliding train.
- 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 2nd edition, 1809, Volume I, Book 3, p. 118,[4]
- To abandon or forsake something.
- To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
- 1914, Arnold Bennett, The Author’s Craft, London: Hodder & Stoughton, Part II, p. 44,[6]
- It is not altogether uncommon to hear a reader whose heart has been desolated by the poignancy of a narrative complain that the writer is unemotional.
- 1948, Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, Chapter 36, p. 271,[7]
- Kumalo stood shocked at the frightening and desolating words.
- 1914, Arnold Bennett, The Author’s Craft, London: Hodder & Stoughton, Part II, p. 44,[6]
Related terms
- desolation
Translations
Further reading
- desolate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- desolate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- desolate at OneLook Dictionary Search
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?t?
Adjective
desolate
- inflection of desolat:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
desolate f pl
- feminine plural of desolato
Latin
Participle
d?s?l?te
- vocative masculine singular of d?s?l?tus
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