saddened
adj.adj. feeling unhappy or sorry about something. You use this to describe a person who is upset by bad news or a sad situation.
adj. feeling or showing sorrow or unhappiness. Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'feel', 'look', or 'seem' to describe an emotional state.
She was deeply saddened by the news of his passing.
The local community was saddened to hear that the historic library would be closing its doors forever.
While the team accepted the defeat with grace, they were visibly saddened by the realization that their long winning streak had finally come to an end.
Often followed by the preposition 'by' or an infinitive clause ('saddened to hear').
It was a saddened movie.It was a sad movie.Saddened describes the person who feels the emotion, not the thing that causes it.