saddened
simple past tense and past participle of sadden
• dead ends, dead-ends, deadends, desanded
Source: Wiktionary
Sad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saddened; p. pr. & vb. n. Saddening.]
Definition: To make sad. Specifically: (a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.] Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. Mortimer.
(b) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth. (c) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. Pope.
Sad"den, v. i.
Definition: To become, or be made, sad. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 December 2024
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
