saddening
/ˈsædnɪŋ/adjective
उच्चारण सैड्निंग
दुखद, दुखदायी
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making you feel sad
दुखद, दुखदायी
- saddening news
- It is saddening to see forests cut down for roads.
- It was saddening to hear that our old teacher had passed away.
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- The saddening sight of the flooded village moved everyone.
- The saddening truth is that many children still cannot read.
Synonyms sad depressing distressing heartbreaking upsetting
Opposite cheering heartening uplifting encouraging
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the -ing/-ed pairs: saddening/saddened, depressing/depressed, disappointing/disappointed, encouraging/encouraged.
-ing/-ed जोड़ियाँ याद रखिए: saddening/saddened, depressing/depressed, disappointing/disappointed, encouraging/encouraged।
Keep the sad words together: saddening, depressing, distressing, heart-rending, harrowing (very distressing).
दुख के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: saddening, depressing, distressing, heart-rending, harrowing (अत्यधिक कष्टदायक)।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: saddening is a lexicalized adjective from the verb sadden; it describes the cause ('saddening news'), while saddened describes the person ('We were saddened').
प्रयोग में saddening, verb sadden से बना स्वतंत्र adjective है; यह कारण का वर्णन करता है ('saddening news'), जबकि saddened व्यक्ति का ('We were saddened')।