Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sadden
Participle: saddened
Gerund: saddening
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | sadden |
| you | sadden |
| he;she;it | saddens |
| we | sadden |
| you | sadden |
| they | sadden |
Perfect
| I | have saddened |
| you | have saddened |
| he;she;it | has saddened |
| we | have saddened |
| you | have saddened |
| they | have saddened |
Past
| I | saddened |
| you | saddened |
| he;she;it | saddened |
| we | saddened |
| you | saddened |
| they | saddened |
Pluperfect
| I | had saddened |
| you | had saddened |
| he;she;it | had saddened |
| we | had saddened |
| you | had saddened |
| they | had saddened |
Future
| I | will sadden |
| you | will sadden |
| he;she;it | will sadden |
| we | will sadden |
| you | will sadden |
| they | will sadden |
Future Perfect
| I | will have saddened |
| you | will have saddened |
| he;she;it | will have saddened |
| we | will have saddened |
| you | will have saddened |
| they | will have saddened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sadden |
| you | sadden |
| he;she;it | sadden |
| we | sadden |
| you | sadden |
| they | sadden |
Perfect
| I | have saddened |
| you | have saddened |
| he;she;it | have saddened |
| we | have saddened |
| you | have saddened |
| they | have saddened |
Imperfect
| I | saddened |
| you | saddened |
| he;she;it | saddened |
| we | saddened |
| you | saddened |
| they | saddened |
Pluperfect
| I | had saddened |
| you | had saddened |
| he;she;it | had saddened |
| we | had saddened |
| you | had saddened |
| they | had saddened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sadden |
| you | would sadden |
| he;she;it | would sadden |
| we | would sadden |
| you | would sadden |
| they | would sadden |
Perfect
| I | would have saddened |
| you | would have saddened |
| he;she;it | would have saddened |
| we | would have saddened |
| you | would have saddened |
| they | would have saddened |
Imperative
| you | sadden |
| we | Let's sadden |
| you | sadden |
Verbs conjugated like 'sadden'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sadden'
badden,
madden,
sodden,
adde,
addend,
balden,
garden,
gladden,
harden,
ladder,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English saddenen, equivalent to sad + -en.
Sample Sentences
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[...] does not surpass. The rising of the moon is more in keeping with the solitary ocean; and has an air of melancholy grandeur, which in its soft and gentle influence, seems to comfort while it saddens. I recollect when I was a very young child having a fancy that the reflection of the moon in water was a path to Heaven, trodden by the spirits of good people on their way to God; and this old [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] so, had an instinctive perception that she was more in his heart than any other. She loved her mother because she was so loving a creature, and all the selfishness that she had seen in her only saddened and perplexed her; for she had a child's implicit trust that her mother could not do wrong. There was something about her that Eva never could make out; and she always smoothed it over with thinking [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)