VERBS
- appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound
- become, grow
- make sb
- This music always makes me sad
ADV
- all, desperately, immensely, particularly, profoundly, really, unbearably, very
- I called Mum, sounding all sad and pathetic
- almost
- a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat
- strangely
PREP
- about
- She was still feeling very sad about her father's death
ADV
- deeply, extremely, intensely, particularly, profoundly, really, terribly, unutterably, very
- a deeply sad occasion
- a bit, a little, quite, rather
- a rather sad story