sadden up

The phrase "sadden up" is a colloquial expression often used to describe the act of becoming sad or making something more melancholic.

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Definition

B2General

(colloquial, informal)To become or make someone feel sad or melancholic.

Example

  • Seeing the empty house made her sadden up.
  • He tends to sadden up when he thinks about the past.

C1Creative Arts

(informal, artistic)To make a piece of work, such as music or writing, more sorrowful or melancholic.

Example

  • The director decided to sadden up the final scene to evoke more emotion from the audience.
  • She wanted to sadden up the song to match the mood of the lyrics.

Similar

Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "sadden up":

brighten updarken upcheer upsex uppack a sadlighten upbummed outjoke upchirk upstiff upfatten upmake downsugar up