saddest [
'sædist]
a. 最悲哀的(为sad的最高级)
Sad \Sad\ (s[a^]d), a. [Compar. {Sadder} (s[a^]d"d[~e]r);
superl. {Saddest}.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm,
steadfast, AS. s[ae]d satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS.
sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. sa[eth]r, saddr, Goth.
sa[thorn]s, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated,
Gr. 'a`menai to satiate, 'a`dnh enough. Cf. {Assets}, {Sate},
{Satiate}, {Satisfy}, {Satire}.]
1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.]
Yet of that art they can not waxen sad,
For unto them it is a bitter sweet. --Chaucer.
2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a
few phrases; as, sad bread.]
His hand, more sad than lump of lead. --Spenser.
Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. --Mortimer.
3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors.
``Sad-colored clothes.'' --Walton.
Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the
foundation of all sad colors. --Mortimer.
4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
[Obs.] ``Ripe and sad courage.'' --Chaucer.
Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. --Bacon.
Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete
counsel of both parties. --Ld. Berners.
5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with
affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
First were we sad, fearing you would not come;
Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. --Shak.
The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. --Milton.
6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad
accident; a sad misfortune.
7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.] ``Sad
tipsy fellows, both of them.'' --I. Taylor.
Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed,
sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like.
{Sad bread}, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed;
cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous;
afflictive; calamitous.
- The saddest episode of all is his inexplicable failure to turn this dream of a perfect love into a reality. Mallarme was one of the earliest of the younger French poets to recognise Baudelaire's poetic mastery.
- Perhaps the saddest monument is the crumbling landmark of Battersea Power Station - which was also the scene of a stage-managed appearance by Mrs Thatcher.
- The saddest and sickest part of this whole thing is that the actual victims here are the kids." While America marks the 20th anniversary of man's landing on the moon, NASA has on its wish list a permanent scientific lunar outpost early next century.
- "This is the saddest, most bizarre period of my life," he says.
- Perhaps this is yet another sign of Frau Raneburger's origins as cheese is one of the saddest areas of modern Austrian gastronomy, ruined by a combination of fussy state interference and obsessive pasteurisation. Puddings are a better bet.
- Probably the best, and saddest, thing to be said about Forsythe's current work is that he offers a dance recipe exactly attuned to our times. In 1988, Forsythe staged In the Middle, somewhat elevated at the Paris Opera.
- Tens of thousands of people gathered to watch the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross ritual that ends the saddest day of the Roman Catholic year.
- What eloquence he brought to Prince Andrei's disturbing death scene, the saddest pages in the score.
- The saddest part is that Ms. Hepburn herself is only so-so.
- This is not the end of the book of history, but it is a joyful end to one of history's saddest chapters," the president said.
- Here are three families who have endured the worst, but hope for the best: Mike and Maddie Misheloff recently marked the saddest milestone of their lives: the first anniversary of their daughter's disappearance.
- One boy said his saddest memory was when his father left the family on Christmas Eve.