sad
要点悲しい、悲しそうな、悲しむべき
意味
- (人が)悲しい
- (表情などが)悲しそうな;(物事が)悲しむべき,残念な
- 《名詞の前にのみ用いて》ひどい,みじめな,悲惨な
- (色が)くすんだ
例文
He seems cheery but, on the contrary, he is sad.
彼は陽気そうに見えるが、本当はそれに反して悲しんでいるのだ。
When she was reading the letter, she looked sad.
彼女はその手紙を読んで悲しそうだった。
Somebody must break the sad news to her mother.
誰かがその悲しい知らせを彼女の母親に知らせなければならない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
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 Q22686, President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)); a Trumpism.