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SADDENING

\sˈadənɪŋ], \sˈadənɪŋ], \s_ˈa_d_ə_n_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of SADDENING

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

of Sadden

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

of Sadden

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

sad'n-ing, n. a method of applying mordants in dyeing and printing cloths, so as to give duller shades to the colours employed.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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