saddening

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saddening

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of sadden

adjective more saddening · most saddening

Causing feelings of sadness.
Similar: depressing, heartbreaking, upsetting, atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, distressing, grievous, heartrending, miserable, lamentable, lachrymable

noun saddenings

The darkening of a colour during dyeing.

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Français	attristant, triste, chagrinant

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@misc{saddening_2026,
  title = {saddening},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saddening},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}