What is "saddens"

Usage examples of "saddens".

In the privacy of this, your very small apartment, I think that I, your daughter, should be allowed to admit that something about the way you are presently living your very sheltered life saddens me.

He will apologize for the ruin of my villa and I will tell him how much it saddens me to see him in his… predicament.

He returns to Maine, saddens his family by establishing a dismal reputation for drinking and womanizing.