What does sadness mean?
Word: Sadness
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Sadness means the feeling of being unhappy when something bad or disappointing happens, such as a long-awaited trip being called off.
Synonyms: sorrow, unhappiness, grief
Antonyms: happiness
How do you spell sadness?
Syllables: sad - ness
Tricky part: Sadness closes with a double s. Only one s sound is heard at the end, so children often stop after one and write sadnes.
Watch out for: sadnes, sadnis
Memory tip: Picture two tears rolling down a sad face: they are the two s's standing together at the very end of the word.
Sadness in a sentence
Example 1: A wave of sadness came over Meera when her grandmother went back to Lucknow.
Example 2: The song was full of sadness, but the tune was lovely.
Example 3: He hid his sadness behind a small smile.
Fun Fact
The psychologist Paul Ekman listed sadness among six basic emotions whose faces people recognise in cultures all over the world.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
sadness
a) worry
b) gloom
c) joy
d) misery
Show answer
c) joy. Gloom and misery are other names for that low feeling, and worry is a different one; joy is the opposite.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
saddness
a) d
b) s
c) a
d) n
Show answer
a) d. Sad keeps its single d; only the ending is added to it.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
dsensas
a) sadness
b) sandess
c) sdaness
d) asdness
Show answer
a) sadness. Sandess, asdness and sdaness all end in a double s but muddle the letters before it.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) festival
b) sadniss
c) careful
d) balloon
Show answer
b) sadniss. The ending of sadness is spelt ness, never niss; balloon, festival and careful are all correct.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Tears filled Kabir's eyes when his kite string snapped and the kite flew away. How did he feel?
a) excited
b) proud
c) upset
d) bored
Show answer
c) upset
2. Ravi felt great sadness when ____.
a) his best friend moved to another city
b) the summer holidays began
c) he won the inter-school quiz
d) his cousins came to stay
Show answer
a) his best friend moved to another city
