Adjective saddening has 1 sense
  1. depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening - causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"
    Antonym: glad (indirect, via sad)
,Verb sadden has 2 senses
  1. sadden - make unhappy; `The news of her death saddened me'
    --1 is one way to
    affect, impress, move, strike
    Antonyms: gladden, joy
    Sample sentences:
    The bad news will sadden him
    The performance is likely to sadden Sue
  2. sadden - come to feel sad
    --2 is one way to
    feel, experience
    Antonyms: gladden
    Sample sentences:
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