1 to make or become sad -- gjøre/bli trist
She was saddened by her son’s ingratitude.
That saddens me, but nothing saddens me more than contemplating an animal being chased by a pack of hounds accompanied by people on horseback.
Sometime ago, when he was there, he was saddened by the slouching appearance of a number of the boys.
It saddens me greatly to see our great values being eroded by the growing suspicion of uninformed cynicism.
What saddens me is the devastation that has taken place over the years.
I am only saddened by the fact that it should come only after a still greater toll of human misery has been exacted by society.
I was saddened that its director-general, who began with such promise, resigned after nine months.
Scientific fraud of course occurs, but when it does, colleagues are genuinely saddened, and mystified about how the fraudsters thought they could get away with it.
He was continually saddened by such discoveries.
