sad

«sad» in Mova's school dictionary: unhappy, feeling sorrow, often wanting to cry — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (sad, sadder, saddest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sad means unhappy, feeling sorrow, often wanting to cry. tree →

2) Sad means making you feel unhappy: sad news, a sad film. tree →

3) Sad (informal) can mean boring or embarrassing — can be unkind. tree →

sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, sadness is a normal feeling after loss, disappointment or loneliness; talking, crying, rest and comfort help, and if you feel sad for a long time tell a trusted adult. In stories, sad moments make readers care about characters. Phrases: «feel sad», «sad about», «sad to say», «sad face».

examples

• I felt sad when my goldfish died. tree →
• She looks sad — let's ask if she's okay. tree →
• This is the saddest film I've seen. tree →
• It's sad that the park is closing. tree →
• He was sad about leaving his friends. tree →
• It's okay to be sad sometimes. tree →
• Draw a sad face and a happy face. tree →
• Sad to say, we lost the match. tree →
• This made the boy very sad. tree →

note

Double d: sadder, saddest. Noun: «sadness»; adverb: «sadly». Opposite: happy, glad. «Sadly» can also mean «unfortunately»: «Sadly, it rained».

In the corpora

• A divorce can feel sad and also a relief, because a long, hard process is over.
• Behind a funny line about someone there may be a sad story, like old pets that died.
• You do not have to feel sad about a famous person you never knew; the people laying flowers knew their songs or films.
• Films are made to make us feel things: scared, sad, excited, happy.
• Whether that counts as real understanding is something scientists still argue about, but it has never felt sad in a body.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sad» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.