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2006-10-26 04:54:03 · 7 answers · asked by stacy o 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

7 answers

You will not find at "PERFECT" rhyme (see definition of "perfect rhyme" below). But you can find a reasonable "near rhyme" that matches the vowels (assonance) and most of the consonants.

The best bet is to allow a different consonant in place of the p:

fattened, flattened, battened
slackened, blackened
saddened, gladdened, maddened
lagend [that's NOT "legend"!]

Note: the CLOSER the non-matching sound is to the original, the better. Thus the /k/ and /t/ sounds above are better than the /d/, because neither uses the voice (just as the /p/ of happened is not voiced).

You might also get by with words like these that omit the /n/ or /d/ sounds at the end (better to lose the /d/ than the /n/):
bracken, satin, Latin, Manhattan, Patton, all the verbs above without the final -ed,
slang forms: battin', chattin', addin', laughin'
batted, chatted, patted, matted, added, padded


Note that two word phrases might also work (but note that the e and i vowels in the final word are NOT exactly the same as the unaccented "schewa" sound of the e of of happen):
black end, back end
sat in, spat in

By the way, a word like "darkened" is NOT as good a rhyme as the others, because the accented vowel (the a) before an r, is not pronounced the same as the a in "happened"

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Definition of "perfect rhyme":

"Rhyme in which the final accented vowel and all succeeding consonants or syllables are identical, while the preceding consonants are different, for example, great, late; rider, beside her; dutiful, unbeautiful. Also called full rhyme, true rhyme."
http://www.bartleby.com/61/83/P0188300.html

2006-10-26 08:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0 0

Flattened, saddened, sharpened, darkened

(I think it's supposed to be spelled "happened")

2006-10-26 12:03:01 · answer #2 · answered by Mee 1 · 0 0

Since neither rymes nor happend are words, it's difficult to answer your question. Please restate.
-MM

2006-10-26 13:46:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Hmmm.....saddened, and maddened ryhme.

2006-10-26 12:03:32 · answer #4 · answered by LadyofShallot 2 · 0 0

dappend

2006-10-26 12:01:39 · answer #5 · answered by unan1m0us 5 · 0 0

slapping

rapping

lapping

mapping

napping

tapping

2006-10-26 12:02:06 · answer #6 · answered by seanachie60 4 · 0 1

"hap end"

2006-10-26 12:03:03 · answer #7 · answered by blahalujza 1 · 0 0

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