# sad

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsæd/ · frequency rank #1,536

## Definitions
1. Emotionally negative.
2. Emotionally negative.
3. Emotionally negative.
4. Emotionally negative.
5. Emotionally negative.
6. Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
7. Steadfast, valiant.
8. Dignified, serious, grave.
9. Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
10. Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
11. Soggy (to refer to pastries).
12. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

## Etymology
From Middle English sad, from Old English sæd (“satisfied, full, sated, unable to handle more, weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *sad, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated, satisfied”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”).
Cognate to Saterland Frisian sääd, West Frisian sêd, Dutch zat, German Low German satt, German satt.
The interjection sense is a reference to frequent usage of the word as an interjection in the tweets of Donald Trump, President of the United States (2017–2021; a Trumpism.

## Easily confused with
- **so** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-so)
- **se** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-se)
- **SC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sc)
- **SI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-si)
- **SS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-ss)
- **SP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sp)
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-su)
- **SD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sd)
- **sf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sf)
- **sh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sh)
- **SM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sm)
- **SB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sb)
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sw)
- **SL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sl)
- **SG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sg)
- **SK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sk)
- **SV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sv)
- **SJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sj)
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-sy)
- **she** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-she)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sad