how to pronounce sadden

/ˈsæd.ən/

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sadden is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of sadden in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Railways sadden Orie shimoyama …”

meanings of sadden

verb:

To become sad or unhappy.
To darken a color during dyeing.
To render heavy or cohesive.
To make sad or unhappy.

sadden frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sadden occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sadden can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sadden can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;