[adj] bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
[adj] experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
[adj] of things that make you feel sad; "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti
Synonyms
bad, bittersweet, deplorable, depressing, depressive, distressing, doleful, gloomy, heavyhearted, lamentable, melancholic, melancholy, mournful, pensive, pitiful, saddening, sorrowful, sorry, tragic, tragical, tragicomic, tragicomical, wistful, yearning