Quotes

The lack of money is the root of all evil. Mark Twain

It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time. Willie Nelson

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion. Arthur Koestler

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. Hannah Arendt

Lyrics

Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain
And ironin' out the rough spots
Is the hardest part when memories remain
And it's times like these when we all need to hear the radio
'Cause from the lips of some old singer
We can share the troubles we already know

Turn 'em on, turn 'em on
Turn on those sad songs
When all hope is gone (ah...)
Why don't you tune in and turn them on?
They reach into your room, oh
Just feel their gentle touch (gentle touch)
When all hope is gone (ooh)

sad songs say so much Elton John

Collocations

sad sack
sad to say

sad adjective [comparative Sadder (săd′dẽr); superlative Saddest.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. saed satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. saðr, saddr, Goth. saþs, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. ἄμεναι to satiate, ἄδνη enough. Cf. Assets, Sate, Satiate, Satisfy, Satire.] 1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.]

Yet of that art they can not waxen sad,

For unto them it is a bitter sweet. Chaucer.

2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.]

His hand, more sad than lump of lead. Spenser.

Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. Mortimer.

3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; – said of colors.

“Sad-colored clothes.” Walton.

Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. Mortimer.

4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.]

“Ripe and sad courage.” Chaucer.

Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. Bacon.

Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. Ld. Berners.

5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.

First were we sad, fearing you would not come;
Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. Shak.

The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. Milton.

6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.

7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.]

“Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.” I. Taylor.

☞ Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like.

Sad bread

heavy bread.

[Scot. & Local, U.S.] Bartlett.Syn. – Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous.

Sad transitive verb To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.]