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Meanings of saddening in English

Gloomy.

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Usage of saddening in English
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But it's just saddening to me to see this situation, he said.
Reuters
2
The circumstances under which the session opened were, however, grave and saddening.
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)
3
But it is very beautiful and the moonlight is fine and saddening.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
4
Adieus are always saddening, and I close it with the words unspoken.
The Story of a Summer / Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua
5
A curious and saddening problem is the future of this great country.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 424 / Volume 17, New Series, F...
6
As a whole, a village fete in Russia is a saddening spectacle.
Russia
7
I have often talked over that journey, said Harry, his countenance saddening.
The Virginians
8
What was the use of saddening his loved ones with such miseries?
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
9
She says the latest protests, including a march today, are saddening.
Radio NZ
10
You are saddening us; and you are chasing the light away.
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
11
Seeing the elderly having to wait on trolleys is also saddening.
The Guardian
12
Of all the experiences of my life, this was among the most saddening.
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1
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The only thing that was really saddening him was thinking about our mother.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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These sufficiently saddening observations he had himself made more than once.
His Excellency the Minister
15
Kitty was gazing with wide and saddening eyes at her mother.
The Sport of the Gods
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A heavy, chill, and comfortless mist sat saddening over the earth.
Eugene Aram — Volume 05
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