Definitions for sadden

sadden sad·den

Spelling: [sad-n]
IPA: /ˈsæd n/

Sadden is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in sadden (addens).

Definitions for sadden

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become sad.

Origin of sadden

First recorded in 1590-1600; sad + -en1

Examples for sadden

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

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

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.

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

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.

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?

Word Value for sadden
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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