abrupt
How many syllables in abrupt?
There are 2 syllables in the word abrupt.How to pronounce abrupt:
Synonyms for abrupt:
bluff
blunt
brusk
brusque
crass
crusty
curt
downright
frank
gruff
hasty
headlong
honest
hurried
impulsive
outspoken
precipitate
quick
rapid
rash
rough
rude
short
snippy
staccato
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Antonyms for abrupt:
affable
artificial
at ease
calm
ceremonious
cheerful
chivalrous
circuitous
civil
civilised
civilized
complaisant
considerate
cordial
courteous
courtly
cultivated
debonair
decent
decorous
deferential
deliberate
diplomatic
discreet
even-tempered
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- unstressed
- brightly
- orange
- scruffy
- feeling
- Zeitgeist
- brownish
- succumb
- courteous
- dangle
- iron
- eschew
- gobbled
- abril
- realness
- stoppage
- sojourn
- frowsy
- upgrade
- confirm
- scourage
- ongoing
- shiest
- remiss
- facile
- blaring
- caveat
- gotten
- selfless
- flashy
- springy
- unguard
- retube
- forbid
- rivaled
- ended
- brandish
- promptness
- curtsied
- Porsche
- speeded
- slipper
- quickest
- wielded
- unchaste
- gawking
- timeous
- timer
- purblind
- bazar
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Syllable Fun Fact
Ambisyllabicity occurs when a consonant at the boundary of two syllables belongs to both, as in the word 'happen'.
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