saddened, ppl. a.
(ˈsæd(ə)nd)
[f. sadden v. + -ed1.]
Made sad.
| 1700 Dryden Iliad i. 768 The Limping Smith observ'd the sadden'd Feast. 1842 Manning Serm. xi. (1848) I. 146 There is something peculiarly touching in the saddened tone of these few words. 1874 L. Carr Jud. Gwynne I. ii. 47 A bright flush swept over her..rather saddened face. 1879 Farrar St. Paul (1883) 58 The Resurrection of Christ had scattered every cloud from their saddened souls. |