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Definition of sadden:
Synonyms:
dash, cast a gloom upon, bum out, devastate, get down, bum, discourage, weigh down, dismay, dispirit, disturb, happy, strike, dishearten, impress, cast down, wound, get one down, worry, move, stab, affect, distress, upset, depress, oppress, dispirit, burden, hang over, deject, deject, depress.
Usage examples:
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This is the fifth dreary day I have been imprisoned by the wind, with every outward object to disgust the senses, and unable to banish the remembrances that sadden my heart.
- "The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay", Mary Wollstonecraft Roger Ingpen. -
Not even the thought of the separation which must surely come again could sadden their meeting.
- "Journeys Through Bookland V2", Charles H. Sylvester. -
Instead of being gratified that I think of you all the time, it seems to sadden you and make you unhappy; if that's how it is, monsieur, I won't tell you anything more!
- "San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams", Charles Paul de Kock.