Definitions for saddens

saddens sad·den

Spelling: [sad-n]
IPA: /ˈsæd n/

Saddens is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in saddens (addenss).

Definitions for saddens

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become sad.

Origin of saddens

First recorded in 1590-1600; sad + -en1

Examples for saddens

The leathery visage of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell never fails to sadden and enrage me.

But in other moods, the phenomena of nature seemed to tranquillise and sadden him.

It seemed to him monstrous that one should sadden one's life by such an excursion as this.

He must sadden the heart of this creature of joy that he might keep her body safe from peril.

Why sadden the poor children, and damp their newly cherished hopes?

But, at any rate, there is always Leonora to cheer you up; I don't want to sadden you.

No, my mother, no; the only use of all these exaggerated precautions is to sadden life.

They do not inspire us into unquestioning loyalty; they sadden us and provoke the unanswerable existential question: Why?

Do not sadden yourself because you cannot close behind you the gate of your senses.

In spite of difficulties, their life has never been stern enough to sadden them.

Word Value for saddens
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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