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sadden
['sæd(ə)n]брит. / амер.
гл.
печалить
печалиться
диал.сжимать, стягивать; делать твёрдым, прочным
делать более тёмным или тусклым(о цвете)
Examples from texts
Yet I should be loth to blame you, for I doubt not that what you said was not meant to sadden me, nor to bring my sore affliction back to my mind.
Однако я не буду порицать тебя, ибо ты не хотел опечалить меня или напомнить о том, что меня гнетет.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / White CompanyКонан Дойль, Артур / Белый отряд
I am saddened to see that, instead of a harmonious and strict mathematical poem in honor of the One State, I am producing some sort of a fantastic adventure novel.
Я с прискорбием вижу, что вместо стройной и строго математической поэмы в честь Единого Государства – у меня выходит какой‑то фантастический авантюрный роман.
I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of God, is his private ail.
Мне кажется, что душа филантропа - будь он самым праведным из сынов божьих - омрачена не столько состраданием к ближнему, сколько собственными бедами.
Thoreau, Henry David / WaldenТоро, Генри Дэвид / Уолден
After this event, we were very much saddened and terrified, but we traveled on, not much farther and without incident, to the monastery of Sveti Georgi.
Мы же, в горе и ужасе, двинулись в путь, который лежал немного дальше, и прибыли благополучно в монастырь Святого Георгия.
Kostova, Elisabeth / The HistorianКостова, Элизабет / Историк
"I believe you are right, Deerslayer," returned the girl, after a little reflection and in a saddened voice: "a man like you ought not to act as the selfish and dishonest would be apt to act; you must, indeed, go back.
— Я думаю, вы правы, Зверобой, — печальным голосом сказала девушка после долгого размышления. — Такой человек, как вы, не должен поступать так, как поступили бы на его месте люди себялюбивые и нечестные. В самом деле, вы должны вернуться обратно.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerКупер, Джеймс Фенимор / Зверобой, или Первая тропа войны
It saddened me to watch him turn into an alcoholic. — Мне было очень грустно видеть, как он превращается в алкоголика.
It saddened her that she would never see them again. — Ей было грустно оттого, что она больше их не увидит.
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Collocations
be saddened
грустнеть
Word forms
sadden
verb
Basic forms
Past
saddened
Imperative
sadden
Present Participle (Participle I)
saddening
Past Participle (Participle II)
saddened
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sadden
we sadden
you sadden
you sadden
he/she/it saddens
they sadden
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am saddening
we are saddening
you are saddening
you are saddening
he/she/it is saddening
they are saddening
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have saddened
we have saddened
you have saddened
you have saddened
he/she/it has saddened
they have saddened
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been saddening
we have been saddening
you have been saddening
you have been saddening
he/she/it has been saddening
they have been saddening
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I saddened
we saddened
you saddened
you saddened
he/she/it saddened
they saddened
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was saddening
we were saddening
you were saddening
you were saddening
he/she/it was saddening
they were saddening
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had saddened
we had saddened
you had saddened
you had saddened
he/she/it had saddened
they had saddened
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been saddening
we had been saddening
you had been saddening
you had been saddening
he/she/it had been saddening
they had been saddening
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sadden
we shall/will sadden
you will sadden
you will sadden
he/she/it will sadden
they will sadden
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be saddening
we shall/will be saddening
you will be saddening
you will be saddening
he/she/it will be saddening
they will be saddening
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have saddened
we shall/will have saddened
you will have saddened
you will have saddened
he/she/it will have saddened
they will have saddened
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been saddening
we shall/will have been saddening
you will have been saddening
you will have been saddening
he/she/it will have been saddening
they will have been saddening
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sadden
we should/would sadden
you would sadden
you would sadden
he/she/it would sadden
they would sadden
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be saddening
we should/would be saddening
you would be saddening
you would be saddening
he/she/it would be saddening
they would be saddening
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have saddened
we should/would have saddened
you would have saddened
you would have saddened
he/she/it would have saddened
they would have saddened
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice