Needing and Sad

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Sad and needing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sad" instead an adjective "Needing".

Nearby Words: need, needed, needy

Sad adjective - Feeling unhappiness.

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Needing and sad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needing" instead an adjective "Sad".

Nearby Words: sadness, sadly

A sad example in Mad Men: when Lane tries to commit a clearly carefully planned suicide, he takes off his glasses and decisively snaps them as if to say he won't be needing those anymore.

Source: The Glasses Come Off
The gag was never carried over to other later appearances due to a mix of neither needing the visual cue of being happy or sad nor having as attractive and dashing looking an actor for the part later on.

Source: Twinkle Smile

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