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dismal, funereal, sombre, lugubrious, saddening, heartbreaking,
bleak, distressing, dispiriting, calamitous: It was a sad day
for all of us here when the England team lost the semifinal. 3
unfortunate, unsatisfactory, awful, bad, shabby, dirty,
lamentable, miserable, sorry, wretched, pathetic, pitiful,
pitiable, deplorable, terrible, Colloq lousy, rotten: After two
weeks under water, the sofa was in pretty sad shape.
sadden v. depress, deject, sorrow, dishearten, distress, dispirit,
discourage, grieve, aggrieve: It saddens me to think of all the
starving people.
sadistic adj. cruel, monstrous, brutal, brutish, beastly, ruthless,
perverse, Technical algolagnic: She derives sadistic pleasure
from reminding me of all my failures. The scars and bruises
confirmed the sadistic treatment he had undergone.
sadly adv. 1 unfortunately, alas, unhappily, unluckily, lamentably,
regrettably, deplorably, sad to relate: Sadly, all our oldest
oaks were uprooted in the hurricane. 2 unhappily, gloomily,
morosely, mournfully, despondently, miserably, wretchedly,
dejectedly, dismally, sombrely, lugubriously: He told me sadly
that he did not expect to return to England again.
sadness n. unhappiness, dolour, misery, sorrow, dispiritedness, grief,
depression, dejection, dejectedness, sorrowfulness, despondency,
melancholy, gloom, gloominess: It is hard to describe the
sadness we all felt when she left.
safe adj. 1 unharmed, whole, uninjured, unhurt, (safe and) sound,
secure, protected, shielded, sheltered, out of harm's way, all
right, Colloq OK or okay: You'll be safe here with me. 2
harmless, non-toxic, non-poisonous, innocuous; unpolluted: This
medication is safe if you do not exceed the recommended dosage.
Is the water safe to drink? 3 sure, secure, sound, protected,
risk-free, riskless, safe as the Bank of England, reliable,
dependable, solid, bona fide, conservative, tried and true, Brit
safe as houses: It was previously thought that an investment in
Alfordyce Ltd was safe. 4 all right, allowable, permissible,
acceptable, satisfactory, appropriate, suitable, timely, right,
correct, proper, justifiable, justified, Colloq OK or okay: Is
it safe to come out now? 5 secured, protected: The children
are safe in bed. Your secret is safe with me.