English Dictionary

sadden

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsædən/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 稀用

(transitive) To make sad or unhappy. / (intransitive, rare) To become sad or unhappy. / (transitive, rare) To darken a color during dyeing. / (transitive) To render heavy or cohesive.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）～を悲しくさせる、憂鬱にさせる / （自動詞、稀な用法）悲しくなる、憂鬱になる / （他動詞、稀な用法）染色時に色を暗くする / （他動詞）重みを持たせる、凝集性を与える

It would sadden her to learn that the festival was canceled.

祭りが中止になったと知ったら、それは彼女を悲しませるだろう。

意味（1）

(transitive) To make sad or unhappy.

1717, Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot,[…], published 1717, OCLC 43265629:

意味（2）

(intransitive, rare) To become sad or unhappy.

Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was.

意味（3）

(transitive, rare) To darken a color during dyeing.

意味（4）

(transitive) To render heavy or cohesive.

Marle's binding and sadning of land being the great Prejudice it doth to Clay-lands.

saddens （ present singular third-person ）

saddening （ participle present ）

saddened （ participle past ）

saddened （ past ）