Yet of that art they can not waxen sad,
For unto them it is a bitter sweet. Chaucer.

His hand, more sad than lump of lead. Spenser.

Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. Mortimer.

Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. Mortimer.

Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. Bacon.

Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. Ld. Berners.

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.

* 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.

How it sadded the minister's spirits! H. Peters.