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# sadden

verb (sadden, saddens, saddened, saddening)

«sadden» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make someone feel sad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadden/#m1)
2. (old) To become sad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadden/#m2)

### In the lessons

In news and formal talk «we are saddened to hear» is a polite way to say people are very sad, often after a death or disaster. In stories it shows feelings. Phrases: «deeply saddened», «saddened to hear», «it saddens me».

### Examples

- We were saddened to hear that our teacher was leaving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadden/#x1)
- It saddens me when people drop litter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadden/#x2)
- The news of the fire saddened the whole town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadden/#x3)
- The school was deeply saddened by the loss of a pupil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadden/#x4)
- Her tears saddened her little brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadden/#x5)
- The end of the film saddened everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadden/#x6)
- The days passed slowly to Muffette, in spite of her brave efforts to occupy herself and not to sadden other people by her complaints. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadden/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: saddened (double «d»). Often passive: «be saddened by». Formal-ish; «make sad» is everyday.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sadden» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadden/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sadden» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sadden.html) on Mova free.