sadness
Definitions
Noun
- Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
- The state of being sad
- The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "sadness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serious | 3 | 116 |
| 2 | status | 2 | 97 |
| 3 | surplus | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | census | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | spacious | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | cypress | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | sickness | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | sameness | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | slowness | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | sethness | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | sinuous | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | specious | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | auspicious | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | citrus | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | seamless | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | slyness | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | sonorous | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | aeschelus | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | assiduous | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | ceraceous | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | cirrhosis | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | cygnus | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | cyprus | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | oscalus | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | santas | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | sardas | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | seixas | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | sergius | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | snafus | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | sorbus | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | soulless | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | stylus | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | tsongas | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | tsongas' | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "sadness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shades | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | badness | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | sacredness | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | sameness | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | spades | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | madness | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | sardines | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | hardness | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | baldness | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | stainless | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | steadiness | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | tardiness | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | soundness | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | sandness | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | fadness | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | vaness | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | sannes | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | maness | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | starkness | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | smartness | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "sadness" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "sadness" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "sadness" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "sadness".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 34
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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