1.Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. (Obs.) "Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet."
2.Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. (Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.) "His hand, more sad than lump of lead." "Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad."
3.Dull; grave; dark; somber; said of colors. "Sad-colored clothes." "Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors."
4.Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. (Obs.) "Ripe and sad courage." "Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman." "Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties."
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." "The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad."
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." Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like.
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