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 upstiff upfatten upmake downsugar up