sadden up

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sadden up

verb saddens up · saddening up · saddened up

intransitive, rare, transitive To become or make (something) sad.
Similar: deject, depress, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, darken, engrieve, erme, gloom, grieve, grieven, bleed
rare, transitive To make (something) gloomy, depressing or sadness-inducing.
Similar: begloom, darken, gloom

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@misc{sadden_up_2026,
  title = {sadden up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sadden%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}