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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSadden
To make someone feel sad, sorrowful, or unhappy.
Sadist
A person who derives pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
Safety-net
A system, program, or safeguard that prevents people from falling into severe poverty, destitution, or failure during difficult times.
Salutation
A gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgment of someone's arrival or departure.
Sanctuary
A place of safety or refuge.
Satire
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Saturated
Holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbed; thoroughly soaked.
Savannah
A grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
Savior
A person who saves, rescues, or delivers someone from harm, danger, or destruction.
Scaffold
A temporary structure erected for supporting workers and materials during the construction, maintenance, or repair of a building.
Scallion
An onion with a slender green stem and small bulb, typically eaten raw in salads or cooked in Asian dishes.
Scallop
A edible marine bivalve mollusk with a fluted fan-shaped shell, that swims by rapidly opening and closing its valves.