[oftenpassive] (formal) to make sb sad:
[VN] We were deeply saddened by the news of her death. * [VNtoinf] Fans were saddened to see the former champion play so badly. * [VNthat] It saddened her that people could be so cruel.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sadden is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is sadden a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sadden is tagged as verb.
Does sadden appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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