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sad

How many syllables in sad?

  1 syllable

Divide sad into syllables:   sad
Syllable stress:   sad
How to pronounce sad:   sad
How to say sad:

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Synonyms for sad


1 syllable
  • bad
  • blue
  • down
  • low
  • bleak
  • dark
  • glum
2 syllables
  • boneless
  • dismayed
  • downcast
  • gloomy
  • mournful
  • plaintive
  • solemn
  • sorry
  • spineless
  • touching
  • weepy
  • woeful
  • cheerless
  • doleful
  • forlorn
  • morose
  • moving
  • poignant
  • somber
  • soulful
  • tearful
  • upset
  • wistful
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with sad

1 syllable
  • ad
  • bad
  • brad
  • chad
  • clad
  • fad
  • Gad
  • grad
  • lad
  • nad
  • plaid
  • scad
  • shadd
  • thad
  • add
  • bade
  • cad
  • Chad
  • dad
  • gad
  • glad
  • had
  • mad
  • pad
  • rad
  • shad
  • tad
  • trad
2 syllables
  • forbad
  • Riyadh
  • radde
  • scaddle
3 syllables
  • ciudad
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