Adjective saddening has 1 sense
- depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening - causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"
Antonym: glad (indirect, via sad)
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Verb sadden has 2 senses
- 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
- sadden - come to feel sad
--2 is one way to feel, experience
Antonyms: gladden
Sample sentences:
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