Thesaurus: sadden

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1. v. t. To make sad.
2. v. t. To render heavy or cohesive.
3. v. t. To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.
4. v. t. To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.
5. v. i. To become, or be made, sad.
6. v. make unhappy
7. v. come to feel sad
8. 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. To become, or be made, sad. Tennyson.
9. To make sad. Specifically:(a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.]Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it dothto clay lands. Mortimer.
10. v:100 v. make unhappy v. come to feel sad