Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sad

adj. (sadder, saddest) 1 unhappy; feeling sorrow or regret. 2 causing or suggesting sorrow (a sad story). 3 regrettable. 4 shameful, deplorable (is in a sad state). 5 (of a colour) dull, neutral-tinted. 6 (of dough etc.) heavy, having failed to rise. Phrases and idioms sad-iron a solid flat-iron. sad sack US colloq. a very inept person. Derivatives saddish adj. sadly adv. sadness n. Etymology: OE s{aelig}d f. Gmc, rel. to L satis SAD abbr. seasonal affective disorder.