More sad vs Sadder

Both 'more sad' and 'sadder' are correct, but 'sadder' is more commonly used in English. 'Sadder' is the comparative form of the adjective 'sad,' while 'more sad' follows the pattern of forming comparatives for multi-syllable adjectives.

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This phrase is correct but less common in English. It follows the pattern of forming comparatives for multi-syllable adjectives.

"More sad"

Use 'more sad' when comparing the degree of sadness for multi-syllable adjectives. It is grammatically correct but less frequently used than 'sadder.'

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It's really more sad than funny.
It was more sad and painful than being killed at war.
Scarlett, it reads more sad than fun.
I guess that story's more sad than funny.
Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.
Could you please try to look more sad?
You know, I feel like I should be more sad.
I'm sorry. I shouldn't laugh. It's really more sad than funny.
I thought that story would be more sad and you wouldn't leave me behind.
I am still emotional but not more sad;
Not a criticism but acting wise, it might be a bit more realistic if your slave character is a bit more sad and hunchy.
Moreover, knowing the excessive consumption of alcohol is a custom getting more and more common among women, this certainly makes things even more sad.
What's more sad is that in some cases, after a relapse, the addiction is worse than before.
there's nothing more sad and tragic Than two people that you really feel Would have been great together.
"Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion."
- If you feel noticeably more sad or hopeless than before the treatment with Extavia, or if
When Hannah prayed through in faith, she "rose from her knees to eat, and her countenance was no more sad."
An Italy without Mother's Day is a more sad Italy, like a day without sun.
The patient was a little pale and in appearance - a little more sad, than it was supposed to in her cheerful aged, but otherwise completely free of any symptoms of poor diagnosis, defiantly lilovevshego on yellowish paper, sweeping line.
Nothing is more sad than the image of an old person with a rich life experience who is disregarded, left aside like an object functioning no more and which is considered a burden for the family.

Alternatives:

more unhappy
more sorrowful
more melancholic
more despondent
more gloomy

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. 'Sadder' is the comparative form of the adjective 'sad.'

"Sadder"

Use 'sadder' when comparing the degree of sadness for one-syllable or two-syllable adjectives. It is the more common and straightforward way to express the comparative form of 'sad.'

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Sadder. Think of something awful.
Sadder than a guitar without strings.
Caution: Objects in mirror may be sadder than they appear.
You know, women tend to be sadder... longer.
Sadder than throwing your back out trying to pleasure yourself?
Nothing sadder than a dead fish.
Chocolate from Jorge makes me sadder.
I think farce may be sadder.
Nothing makes me sadder than dead animals.
There's nothing sadder than a puppet without a ghost.
There's nothing sadder than a con man conning himself.
Let's not make this sadder than it is.
I mean, my story's sadder.
This news is even sadder the second time around.
Wait, I can get even sadder.
There's nothing sadder than a gypsy girl falling for a gaje boy.
Viv said there's nothing sadder than sleeping alone.
This place is sadder than I am.
And it was sadder than I expected.
No, there's nothing sadder than the ending of 'Old Yeller'.

Alternatives:

more sorrowful
more melancholic
more despondent
more gloomy
more downcast

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