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Definitions: Happiness |
HappinessNoun1. State of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. 2. Emotions experienced when in a state of well-being. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "happiness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Happiness \Hap"pi*ness\, noun. [From Happy.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | HAPPINESS, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Health | Highly pleasant emotion characterized by outward manifestations of gratification; joy. (references) |
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Synonym: HappinessSynonym: felicity (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: sadness (n), unhappiness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Good | Good fortune; (prosperity); happiness. |
Philanthropy | Noun: philanthropy, humanity, humanitarianism universal benevolence; endaemonism, deliciae humani generis; cosmopolitanism utilitarianism, the greatest happiness of the greatest number, social science, sociology |
Physical Pleasure | Source of pleasure; happiness. (mental enjoyment). |
Pleasure | Happiness, felicity, bliss; beatitude, beautification; enchantment, transport, rapture, ravishment, ecstasy; summum bonum; paradise, elysium; ( heaven); third heaven, seventh heaven, cloud nine; unalloyed happiness; hedonics, hedonism. |
A wilderness of sweets; "I wish you all the joy that you can wish"; jour de ma vie; "joy ruled the day and love the night"; "joys season'd high and tasting strong of guilt"; "oh happiness, our being's end and aim!"; "there is a pleasure that is born of pain"; "throned on highest bliss"; vedi Napoli e poi muori; zwischen Freud und Leid ist die Brucke nicht weit. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Then, a toast: May their days be long and full of happiness; may their children be many and full of health; and may they live in peace and freedom. (The Quiet Man; writing credit: Frank S. Nugent; Maurice Walsh) You have every reason for happiness (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Oh, monsieur, you are a man. If somone loved you very much, so that your happiness was the only thing that she wanted in the world, but she did a bad thing to make certain of it, could you forgive her? (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison) Let me remind you that even the most unworthy of us has a right to life and the pursuit of happiness. (Strangers on a Train; writing credit: Raymond Chandler; Whitfield Cook) Yes - happiness wouldn't be happiness without a violin-playing goat. (Notting Hill; writing credit: Richard Curtis) | |
Lyrics | It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me ("Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"; performing artist: B.J. Thomas) And happiness proves that I'm right, ("I Walk the Line"; performing artist: Johnny Cash) Until happiness is just an illusion happiness is just an illusion ("Reach Out I'll Be There"; performing artist: The Four Tops) That I'll be the vision of your happiness ("Earth Angel"; performing artist: The Penguins) And I wish to you, joy and happiness. ("I Will Always Love You"; performing artist: Whitney Houston) | |
Clever | Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: The one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it. (references; author: Mark Twain) In a united family, happiness springs of itself. (references; author: Chinese Proverb) Happiness is a path, not a destination. (references; author: unknown) The secret of happiness is to admire without desire. (references; author: unknown) Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Scream Away from Happiness (1974) Tears of Happiness (1974) Love and Happiness Sex (1973) The Happiness Cage (1972) Marital Happiness (1970) | |
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 | Happiness Is... : Sharing The Gift of Life. Make a Date to Give Blood, Platelets and Plasma Today.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | Happiness depends upon ourselves. |
Edmund Spenser | That here on earth is no sure happiness. |
George William Curtis | Happiness lies first of all in health. |
Henri B. Stendhal | To describe happiness is to diminish it. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | The will of man is his happiness. |
Pierre Corneille | Happiness seems made to be shared. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | To fill the hour -- that is happiness. |
Seneca | Where the fear is, happiness is not. |
Socrates | Happiness is unrepentant pleasure. |
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John Locke | 1690 | First then, in the beginning of things, the father's government of the childhood of those sprung from him, having accustomed them to the rule of one man, and taught them that where it was exercised with care and skill, with affection and love to those under it, it was sufficient to procure and preserve to men all the political happiness they sought for in society. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | That the people have an original right to establish, for their future govern-ment, such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce to their own happiness, is the basis on which the whole American fabric has been erected. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1946) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | To speak, she was sure would be to betray a most unreasonable degree of happiness. |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Yet, if she loves another better than me, so be it! I will not spoil her happiness. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | That which promised happiness when we were one in heart, is fraught with misery now that we are two. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | There is happiness to be enjoyed! |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | These men left to political parties the question of rights, they busied themselves with the question of happiness. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He sat by the fire in the kitchen, not daring to speak for happiness. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | And if thy poor devoted servant may But beg one favour at thy gracious hand, Thou dost confirm his happiness for ever. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | In the front seat of the truck Ma and Tom and Al were overcome with happiness. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I enlarged upon many other topics, which the natural desire of endless life and sublunary happiness could easily furnish me with. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The likely consequences are loss of personal happiness and severe strain on living circumstances. (references) | |
The health and happiness of spouses, brothers and sisters, children, parents, and grandparents are affected by a positive test result, as are an individual's friends, work associates, neighbors, and others. (references) | ||
Children | Mexico | The law provides for the right to life, non-discrimination, healthy living conditions, protection against threats to liberty and physical abuse, a healthy family life, health services, equal treatment for persons with disabilities, education, pursuit of happiness, and freedom of thought and expression. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Laos | The regulations significantly curtailed freedom of expression and made "disturbing the peace and happiness of the community" and "reporting misleading news" criminal acts. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REVOLUTION, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. Specifically, in American history, the substitution of the rule of an Administration for that of a Ministry, whereby the welfare and happiness of the people were advanced a full half-inch. Revolutions are usually accompanied by a considerable effusion of blood, but are accounted worth it -- this appraisement being made by beneficiaries whose blood had not the mischance to be shed. The French revolution is of incalculable value to the Socialist of to-day; when he pulls the string actuating its bones its gestures are inexpressibly terrifying to gory tyrants suspected of fomenting law and order. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | But as the legislative proceedings of the United States will never, I trust, be reproached for the want of temper or of candor, so shall not the public happiness languish from the want of my strenuous and warmest cooperation. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | May this territory be the residence of virtue and happiness! |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Contemplating the union of sentiment now manifested so generally as auguring harmony and happiness to our future course, I offer to our country sincere congratulations. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | Distinct sovereignties were in actual existence, whose cordial union was essential to the welfare and happiness of all. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | We can desire nothing in regard to them so much as to see them consolidate their strength and pursue the paths of prosperity and happiness. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Labor's interest is very direct and personal because working conditions, wages, and prices affect the very life and happiness of the worker and his family. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | There is world enough for all to seek their happiness in their own way. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | All Americans do have a fairer chance to pursue happiness. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | You are to decide the important questions upon which rests the happiness and the liberty of millions yet unborn. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I believe every person in this country still believes that we are created equal, and given by our Creator, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. |
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| "Happiness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.51% of the time. "Happiness" is used about 1,622 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.51% | 1,614 | 5,145 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.43% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (common) | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,622 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "happiness". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Anshel | N/A | Jewish | Happiness |
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Expressions using "happiness": a face alight with happiness ♦ beam with happiness ♦ bringer of happiness ♦ connubial happiness ♦ lifetime of happiness ♦ right to the pursuit of happiness ♦ seek happiness ♦ the greatest happiness of the greatest number ♦ unclouded happiness ♦ unspeakable happiness ♦ whirl of happiness ♦ with happiness. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "happiness": clap-happiness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
happiness | 1,162 |
happiness quote | 138 |
double happiness | 74 |
happiness poem | 68 |
pursuit of happiness | 66 |
life liberty and the pursuit of happiness | 37 |
chinese symbol for happiness | 31 |
blue bird of happiness | 30 |
happiness movie | 25 |
authentic happiness | 25 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "happiness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | geluk (luck). (various references) | |
Albanian | lumturi (bliss, felicity), fatmirësi (luck), fatbardhësi (luck, well being), fat (chance, circumstance, cup, destiny, dole, doom, fate, fortune, hap, hit, kismet, lot, lottery, luck, mercy, portion, predetermine, share, spouse, weird). (various references) | |
Arabic | هناء (felicity), سعادة (beatitude, excellency, felicity, gladness, glee, his excellency, joy, privilege, sunshine, weal, welfare, well being), النعيم (bliss, heaven), السعادة السماوية, البهجة (cheerfulness, mellowness). (various references) | |
Basque | poz (joy). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | щастие (blessedness, bliss, felicity, fortune, luck, rejoicing, speed, star). (various references) | |
Chinese | 幸福 (blessed, happy). (various references) | |
Czech | spokojenost (contentment, satisfaction, welfare, well), štìstí (cess, felicity, fortune, good luck, joy, luck, sunshine, utility). (various references) | |
Danish | lykke. (various references) | |
Dutch | geluk (luck, prosperity, success). (various references) | |
Esperanto | feliĉo, feliĉeco. (various references) | |
Faeroese | sæla, lukka, eydna (luck). (various references) | |
Finnish | onni (fortune, luck, success), onnellisuus. (various references) | |
French | bonheur. (various references) | |
Frisian | gelok (luck). (various references) | |
German | glück (auspiciousness, beatitudes, bliss, chance, felicity, fortunateness, fortune, good luck, luck, luckiness, mercy, prosperity), fröhlichkeit (blithesomeness, cheerfulness, conviviality, festiveness, gaiety, gayness, gladness, gleefulness, jauntiness, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyance, joyfulness, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth). (various references) | |
Greek | ευτυχία (fortune, weal, wheal). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | fat. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מאור פ ים (benevolent expression, bright face, satisfaction), שמח" (cheer, exhilaration, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glee, joy, mirth), שביעות רצון (content, contentment, satisfaction), אור" (light), אשר (beatitude, bliss, felicity, luck, that, well being, which, who). (various references) | |
Hungarian | boldogság (beatitude, bliss, felicity, gladness, joy, rejoicing, weal). (various references) | |
Icelandic | hamingja. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kegirangan (elation, gaiety, gladness), kegembiraan (excitement, excuberance, exhilaration, gaiety, gladness, joy, mirth, rhapsody), kebahagiaan (bless, bliss, blissfulness, well being). (various references) | |
Irish | áthas (joy). (various references) | |
Italian | letizia (blissfulness, joy), felicit (felicity, joy, joyousness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 幸い (blessedness), 幸 (fortune, wish). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しふく (beatitude, blessedness and joy, civilian clothes, for one's own profit, paper width, plain clothes, prosperity, remaining in obscurity, space assigned for something), しあわせ (blessing, good fortune, luck), さいわい (blessedness), さち (fortune, wish), せいふく (chief and vice-chief, conquest, legitimacy, original and copy, overcoming, regulation dress, reposition, subjugation, uniform), かほう (addition, artillery, extra allowance, family code, good fortune, heirloom, lower part, lower region, luck, overpraise, slump), "うふく (appetite, blessedness, capitulation, distinction between what is thought and what is said, school uniform, submission, surrender), "う (10^38, 1st in rank, 7th in rank, be bent, benefit, body cavity, boorish, box, clause, companion, compare with, daimyo, duke, effect, efficacy, efficiency, entertainment, female phoenix bird, filial piety, first sign of the Chinese calendar, grade A, head, height, hill, hundred sextillion, hundred undecillion, incense, instep, interest, item, knoll, long ages, lord, luck, main, manuscript, marquis, paragraph, pleasure, prince, proof, public, result, rising ground, same kind, -school, season, sentence, seventh sign of the Chinese calendar, shell, subordinate, success, such, this, threat, thus, to ask, to be in love, to invite, to request, urgent, verbal pause, version, weather), "ふく (contentment), りふく, けいふく (admiration for, happy event, turning upside down). (various references) | |
Korean | 행복 (BLISS, Blisses). (various references) | |
Manx | maynrys. (various references) | |
Norwegian | lykke (felicity, fortune, happilyness, luck). (various references) | |
Occitan | jòia (joy), gaug (joy). (various references) | |
Papiamen | suertè, sueltu, felididat. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | appinesshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | felicidade (bliss, felicity, joy, luckless, paradise, prosperous, sunshine, try one's luck, weal, welfare, well being). (various references) | |
Romanian | noroc (a bit luck, a piece of luck, blessing, chance, cheerio, fluke, fortune, god speed, good luck, hap, hazard, hello, hi, lot, luck, luckiness, more power to you, piece of luck, prosperity, score, star, strike, success, your health), fericire (blessedness, blessing, bliss, felicity, joy, luckiness, prize, welfare, well), bucurie (cheerfulness, comfort, delight, ecstasy, enjoyment, exhilaration, exultation, felicity, gayety, gladness, glee, gusto, joy, merriment, merriness, mirth, pleasure, rapture, raptures, treat), binecuvântare (benediction, benefaction, blessedness, blessing). (various references) | |
Russian | счастье (blessedness, chance, felicity, good innings, luck, rejoice). (various references) | |
Scottish | sonas, nèarahd, gh, dh, gh (luck, prosperity). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | veselost (cheerfulness, exuberance, exuberancy, facetiousness, jocosity, jollity, joviality, joy, lightheartedness, mirth, pleasantry), sreća (blessedness, blessing, chance, felicity, fortune, good luck, hap, joy, luck). (various references) | |
Spanish | felicidad (auspiciousness, blessedness, bliss, chance, felicity, kaif, keif, luck, luckiness). (various references) | |
Swedish | lycka (chance, fortune, luck, mercy, success), sällhet (bliss, felicity), glädje (cheer, delight, elation, gaiety, gladness, glee, jollity, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, mirth, pleasance, satisfaction). (various references) | |
Thai | ความสุข (blissfulness, eudemonism, gladness). (various references) | |
Turkish | uygunluk (acceptability, accordance, adaptation, adequacy, advisability, appositeness, aptitude, coherence, coherency, comeliness, compatibility, concord, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruity, convenience, correctitude, correctness, correspondence, decency, expedience, expediency, felicity, fidelity, fitness, handiness, opportuneness, pertinence, propitiousness, propriety, relevance, relevancy, seemliness, sufficiency, suitability), saadet (felicity), mutluluk (bliss, blissfulness, elation, felicity, glory, heaven, Nirvana, sense of well-being, smiles, weal, welfare, well being), baht (chance, fortune, hap, luck, Moira). (various references) | |
Turkmen | eяgilik (prosperity, well-being). (various references) | |
Ukranian | удача (bonzer, chance, die, godsend), сво"часність (opportuneness, timeliness), щастя (chance, felicity, fortune, luck), доречність (appropriateness, aptitude, aptness, fitness, pertinence, pertinency, propriety, relevance, relevancy, rightness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | hạnh phúc câu nói khéo chọn, th nh ngữ khéo chọn, sự sung sướng (blessedness, gladness). (various references) | |
Welsh | hapusrwydd, dywenydd (pleasure), dedwyddwch (bliss). (various references) | |
Zulu | inhlanhla (luck). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | la. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | beata, beati, beatitas, beato, beatum, felicitas, gaudium, laetitia, laetitiae, laetitiam, laetitiarum, laetitiis. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | hvâthrem, saoka, vazdvare. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | bliss. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 John Chapter 1, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O gar legwn autw cairein koinwnei toiV ergoiV autou toiV ponhroiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui enim dicit illi have communicat operibus illius malignis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For he that seith to hym, Heil, comyneth with hise yuel werkis. Lo! Y biforseide to you, that ye be not confoundid in the dai of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For he that biddeth him God spede is parttaker of his evyll dedes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For he that wisheth him happiness, is partaker of his evil deeds. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works. |
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| Language | 2 John Chapter 1, Verse 11 |
| Bulgarian | Ние, прочее, сме длъжни да посрещаме такива радостно, за да бъдем съработници с истината. |
| Cebuano | kay siya nga mangomusta kaniya magapakig-ambit sa iyang dautan nga binuhatan. |
| Chinese | 為 問 他 安 的 、 就 在 他 的 惡 行 上 有 分 。 |
| Croatian | Jer tko ga pozdravlja, sudjeluje u njegovim zlim djelima. |
| Danish | Thi den, som byder ham velkommen, bliver delagtig i hans onde Gerninger. |
| Dutch | Want die tot hem zegt: Zijt gegroet, die heeft gemeenschap aan zijn boze werken. |
| Finnish | sillä joka sanoo hänet tervetulleeksi, joutuu osalliseksi hänen pahoihin tekoihinsa. |
| French | car celui qui lui dit: Salut! participe ses mauvaises oeuvres. |
| German | Denn wer ihn grüßt, der macht sich teilhaftig seiner bösen Werke. |
| Haitian Creole | Paske, depi ou di yon moun konsa bonjou, ou dekonplis ak li nan tout move bagay l'ap fè yo. |
| Hungarian | Mert a ki köszönti azt, részes annak gonosz cselekedeteiben. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab orang yang memberi salam kepada orang yang seperti itu turut juga bersama orang itu dalam melakukan perbuatan yang jahat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena barangsiapa yang memberi salam kepadanya, ia itu sama bersalah di dalam perbuatannya yang jahat itu. |
| Italian | poiché chi lo saluta partecipa alle sue opere perverse. |
| Korean | 그 에 게 인 사 하 " 자 " 그 악 한 일 에 참 예 하 " 자 임 이 니 라 |
| Latvian | Jo tas, kas viòu sveicina, piedalâs tâ ïaunajos darbos. |
| Maori | Ki te oha hoki etahi ki a ia, ka uru ia ki ana mahi kino. |
| Modern Greek | διοτι ο λεγων εις αυτον το χαιρειν γινεται κοινωνος εις τα πονηρα αυτου εργα. |
| Norwegian | for den som byr ham velkommen, blir medskyldig med ham i hans onde gjerninger. |
| Portuguese | Porque quem o saúda participa de suas más obras. |
| Rumanian | Cqci cine -i zice: ,,Bun venit!`` se face pqrtaw faptelor lui rele. |
| Russian | й'П ТЙЧЕФУФЧХАЭЙК ЕЗП ХЮБУФЧХЕФ Ч ЪМЩИ "ЕМБИ ЕЗП. |
| Shuar | Kame nu shuar "shiir taume" Tákumka nu shuar yajauch Jintíamu Jímiareame. |
| Spanish | Porque el que le da la bienvenida participa de sus malas obras. |
| Swahili | Maana anayemsalimu mtu huyo, anashirikiana naye katika matendo yake maovu. |
| Swedish | Ty den som hälsar honom, han gör sig delaktig i hans onda gärningar. |
| Thai | เพราะว่าผู้ที่อวยพรเขา ก็เข้าส่วนในการกระทำชั่วของเขานั้น |
| Ukrainian | Хто бо віта" його, той участь бере в лихих учинках його. |
| Uma | Apa' tauna to mpotabe-ra, hibalia-mi mpodohei-ra hi rala pobago-ra to dada'a toe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "happiness": happinesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "happiness": unhappiness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "happiness": unhappinesses. (additional references) | |
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"Happiness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: appiness, hapiness, happieness, Happies, happines, happynes, happyness, Harpignies, harpiness, hippiness, hopeness, hoppiness, humpiness, nappiness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "happiness" (pronounced ha"pēnus) |
| 7 | h a" p ē n u s | unhappiness. |
| 5 | -p ē n u s | creepiness, sleepiness, sloppiness, wimpiness. |
| 4 | -ē n u s | airworthiness, arbitrariness, bagginess, cleanliness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, contrariness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, deadliness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, edginess, emptiness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, ghastliness, hairiness, holiness, laziness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, nastiness, niggardliness, nosiness, orderliness, pettiness, queasiness, raciness, readiness, riskiness, roominess, rowdiness, scantiness, shakiness, silliness, slovenliness, solitariness, steadiness, stinginess, sturdiness, tardiness, tastiness, timeliness, trustworthiness, ugliness, uneasiness, unwieldiness, wariness, weariness, worldliness, worthiness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, Conus, coolness, correctness, creativeness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, effectiveness, elusiveness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, fullness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, handedness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, quickness, quietness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, robustness, roughness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, truthfulness, unconsciousness, unfairness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-n-p-p-s-s" | |
-1 letter: pinesaps, shippens, snappish. | |
-2 letters: aphesis, happens, hessian, hipness, inphase, nappies, pansies, pepsins, pinesap, sapiens, shippen. | |
-3 letters: anises, aspens, aspish, hanses, happen, nappes, nappie, pashes, pepsin, phases, phasis, pishes, sanies, sansei, sepias, shapen, shapes, shines, shnaps, sneaps, snipes, spahis, speans, spines. | |
-4 letters: anise, aphis, apish, apses, apsis, ashen, ashes, aspen, aspis, ephas, hanse, hasps, heaps, napes, nappe, neaps, nipas, pains, paise, panes, pases, passe, peans, peins, penis, phase, pians, pinas, pines, pipes, sains, sanes, sasin, sensa, sepia, shape, sheas, shies, shine, shins, ships, sines, sinhs, sipes, snaps, snash, sneap, snipe, snips, spaes, spahi, spans, spean, spies, spine, spins. | |
-5 letters: ains, anes, anis, apes, apse, asps, epha, haen, haes, haps, hasp, heap, hens, hies, hins, hips, hisn, hiss, nape, naps, neap, ness, nipa, nips, pain, pane, pans, paps, pase, pash, pass, pean, peas, pehs, pein, pens, peps, phis, pian, pias, pies, pina, pine, pins, pipe, pips, pish, piss, psis, sain, sane, sans, saps, sash, seas, seis, shea, shes, shin, ship, sine, sinh, sins, sipe, sips, snap, snip, spae, span, spas, spin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-n-p-p-s-s" | |
+1 letter: pansophies. | |
+2 letters: happinesses, penmanships, unhappiness. | |
+3 letters: partnerships, planispheres, snappishness, transshipped. | |
+4 letters: apprehensions, misapprehends, phosphokinase, spokesmanship, unhappinesses. | |
+5 letters: cephalosporins, copartnerships, phosphokinases, snappishnesses, spinthariscope, spokesmanships. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 70 70 69 6E 65 73 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- .--. .--. .. -. . ... ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01110000 01110000 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a p p i n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 0070 0070 0069 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)426782827580718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Orthography 24. Bibliography |
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