How to spell sadness

hear itsad·ness/'sædnɪs/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: The feeling of being sad.

In a sentence: The little puppy felt sadness when its friend went away.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s. Often misspelled as sadnes or sadnesse.

Same family: sadly, sadder, saddest, unhappy, depression. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Sadness” comes from the Old English word “sæd,” which first meant “satisfied” or “weary” before it shifted toward the idea of being sorrowful. The suffix “-ness” turns the adjective “sad” into a noun meaning the state or quality of being sad.

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