sadden

Word family  noun sadness saddo adjective sad saddening verb sadden adverb sadly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sad·den /ˈsædn/ verb [transitive] formal  SAD/UNHAPPYto make someone feel sad 使伤心，使难过 Those who knew him are saddened by his death. 认识他的那些人都为他的去世感到难过。it saddens somebody that It saddened him that they no longer trusted him. 他们不再信任他了，这让他很伤心。 —saddening adjective→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

sadden• Those of us who knew him are shocked and saddened by his death.• Everyone was saddened by the news that housing is to be built on the fields beside Cliff Lane.• It does sadden him, but he believes that Juice will maybe explain a few of the pressures kids are under.• Sometimes it saddened him to think that he was no longer young.• It saddens me that there are people who go around vandalizing public places like this.it saddens somebody that• But it saddens me that people could send death threats because they don't agree with something.

sad·den verbChineseSyllable  

Corpus sad someone make to feel

sadden
sad‧den /ˈsædn/ verb [transitive] formalto make someone feel sad:
    Those who knew him are saddened by his death.
    it saddens somebody that
    It saddened him that they no longer trusted him.
—saddening adjective

sad·denBrE /ˈsædn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsædn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they sadden BrE /ˈsædn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsædn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it saddens BrE /ˈsædnz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsædnz/ 🔊past simple saddened BrE /ˈsædnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsædnd/ 🔊past participle saddened BrE /ˈsædnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsædnd/ 🔊 -ing form saddening BrE /ˈsædnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsædnɪŋ/ 🔊 [often passive] (formal) to make sb sad 使悲伤；使伤心；使难过◆~ sb We were deeply saddened by the news of her death. 听到她的死讯，我们深感悲伤。🔊🔊◆~ sb to do sth Fans were saddened to see the former champion play so badly. 看到以前的冠军表现如此差劲，球迷感到难过。🔊🔊◆it saddens sb that… It saddened her that people could be so cruel. 人竟能如此残忍，这让她痛心。🔊🔊