Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sads

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: sads
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sadness or melancholy.

Colloquial

noun

plural of sad (the Arabic letter)

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sad

noun

noun

Initialism of sudden arrhythmic death syndrome.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of sudden adult death syndrome.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of swine acute diarrhea syndrome.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Lauris also tells the story of her putting some of her M&Ms into a bottle and calling them "Happiness Pills," which she sweetly offered when Martha had an episode of the Sads.""
"When parents start to feel sad vibes coming through most of the time and think, 'I don't know you any more', there's likely to be more going on than an ordinary bout of the sads."

Etymology

From sad + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sad

Usage

Inflected Forms

the sads (canonical, plural)

Phrases

SADS-CoV

Synonyms

saddies

Questions

What does sads mean?: Sadness or melancholy.
Where does sads come from?: From sad + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

How to pronounce sads

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