Sadden

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsædÉ™n/
• Rhymes: -ædÉ™n

Origin

From sad + -en.

Full definition of sadden

Verb

1. (transitive) to make sad or unhappy
• Alexander Pope
  Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 7, 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.
2. (intransitive, rare) to become sad or unhappy
• 1999, Mary Ann Mitchell, Drawn To The Grave, Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was.
3. It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone.
4. (transitive, rare) to darken a color during dyeing
5. (transitive) to render heavy or cohesive
• MortimerMarl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands.

Anagrams

• desand
• sanded