sadden

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sad·den /ˈsædn/ verb [transitiveT] formal

SAD/UNHAPPYto make someone feel sad 使傷心，使難過

Those who knew him are saddened by his death.

認識他的那些人都爲他的去世感到難過。

it saddens somebody that

It saddened him that they no longer trusted him.

他們不再信任他了，這讓他很傷心。

—saddening adjectiveadj

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.

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