saddening 

英汉解释

n. （色）加深， 黯淡处理
v. 使悲哀；使…的颜色变暗（sadden的现在分词）

同义词

a. depressing，depressive，gloomy

参考例句

1. It saddened me that I would never see them again.
再也见不到他们令我很伤心。
2. Ignorance is more saddening than poverty.
无知比贫穷更可悲。
3. It is always a saddening experience to visit a ward, especially a visit to a mentally disordered friend or relative.
探访病人总是令人伤心的经历，如果那个病人身在一个精神病院，那么就更加如此了。

英英解释

adj.
  1. causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom

网络释义

saddening
煤染固着处理; 轻压或小压量锻造; 轻轧; 小变形锻造;
saddening agent
媒染固着剂;