sadden Meaning, Definition & Usage

Sad"den transitive verb

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Saddened ; present participle & verbal noun Saddening

Definitions

1. To make sad. Specifically: (a) To render heavy or cohesive. Obs.

   Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. Mortimer.

   (b) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth. (c) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.

   Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. Pope.

Sad"den intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To become, or be made, sad. Tennyson.