saddening

saddening
Causing sadness.

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  • saddening — adj [more saddening; most saddening] Her death is a saddening loss. • • • Main Entry: ↑sadden …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Saddening — Sadden Sad den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saddened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saddening}.] To make sad. Specifically: (a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • saddening — adj. causing sadness, causing unhappiness, causing despondency sad·den || sædn v. cause to be unhappy, cause to be despondent; become unhappy, become despondent …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sadden — [[t]sæ̱d(ə)n[/t]] saddens, saddened VERB: no cont If something saddens you, it makes you feel sad. [V n] The cruelty in the world saddens me incredibly. Derived words: saddened ADJ GRADED v link ADJ He was disappointed and saddened that legal… …   English dictionary

  • Sadden — Sad den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saddened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saddening}.] To make sad. Specifically: (a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. Mortimer …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Saddened — Sadden Sad den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saddened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saddening}.] To make sad. Specifically: (a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • moving — moving, impressive, poignant, affecting, touching, pathetic are comparable when they mean having the power to excite or the effect of exciting deep and usually saddening and solemn emotion. Moving, the most general of these words, can be used in… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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