Meaning of saddish | Babel Free

Definitions

Somewhat sad.

informal

Equivalents

Examples

“He set⟳ up a little piece of poetry, which he made, himself, out of his own⟳ head—three verses—kind of sweet and saddish—the name⟳ of it was, "Yes, crush⟳, cold world, this breaking heart"—and he left that all set⟳ up and ready to print⟳ in the paper, and didn't charge nothing for it.”

“At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like⟳ a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play⟳ the piano, and sing⟳ saddish, sweetish songs to them.”

“[…] for these when not actively employed were sometimes […] apt to fall⟳ into a saddish mood which in some partook of sullenness.”

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