sadden

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make sad or unhappy. transitive
    — It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone.
  2. To become sad or unhappy. intransitive,rare
    — He saddens, all the magic light ⁠Dies off at once from bower and hall, ⁠And all the place is dark, and all The chambers emptied of delight: […]
  3. To darken a color during dyeing. rare,transitive
    — Curve (E) is seen at a glance to represent green saddened down to its fifth shade, and reduced with white to its fourth tint.
  4. To render heavy, hard, or cohesive; to compress or thicken. transitive
    — Marle's binding and sadning of land being the great Prejudice it doth to Clay-lands.

词形变化

saddens present,singular,third-person saddening participle,present saddened participle,past saddened past

词汇关系

近义词
aggrieve attrist begloom begrieve besorrow grieve pain bring down come down on contristate darken dash deject depress desolate dispirit engrieve forset get down grieven moan oppress repent rue sadden sadden up tristitiate ungladden unhappy upset
反义词
gladden
下位词
daunt despair deter disappoint discourage dissuade dishearten move someone to tears pity reduce someone to tears
衍生词
saddener sadden up unsadden
相关词
be sad lament lamentable rattristare
并列词
annoy enrage frighten vex

词源

From Middle English saddenen, equivalent to sad + -en.
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