sad

SAD, adjective [It is probable this word is from the root of set. I have not found the word is from the root of set. I have not found the word in the English sense, in any other language.] 1. Sorrowful; affected with grief; cast down with affliction. Th' angelic guards ascended, mute and sad SAD for their loss, but joyful of our life. 2. Habitually melancholy; gloomy; not gay or cheerful. See in her cell sad Eloisa spread. 3. Downcast; gloomy; having the external appearance of sorrow; as a sad countenance. Matthew 6:16. 4. Serious; grave; not gay, light or volatile. Lady Catherine, a sad and religious woman. 5. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as a sad accident; a sad misfortune. 6. Dark colored. Woad or wade is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. [This sense is, I believe, entirely obsolete.] 7. Bad; vexatious; as a sad husband. [Colloquial.] 8. Heavy; weighty; ponderous. With that his hand more sad than lump of lead. obsolete 9. Close; firm; cohesive; opposed to light or friable. Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad obsolete [The two latter senses indicate that the primary sense is set, fixed.]