| VERB | emotion | sadden | make unhappy |
|---|---|---|---|
| emotion | sadden | come to feel sad |
| Sounds | sae'dahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | make unhappy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will sadden him; The performance is likely to sadden Sue | |
| Example | "The news of her death saddened me" | |
| Cause to | sadden | Come to feel sad |
| Narrower | weigh down, weigh on | Be oppressive or disheartening to |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| Opposite | gladden, joy | make glad or happy |
| Spanish | apenar, entristecer | |
| Catalan | entristir | |
| Meaning | Come to feel sad. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Caused by | sadden | make unhappy |
| Broader | feel, experience | Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind |
| Opposite | gladden | Become glad or happy |
| Spanish | entristecerse, entristecer | |
| Catalan | entristir-se | |
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