abstain
verbHow many syllables in abstain?
There are 2 syllables in the word abstain.How to pronounce abstain:
Definition of abstain:
- abstain (verb):
- choose not to consume.
- to prevent from happening
- to choose not to do or have something to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
Synonyms for abstain:
avoid
be deprived of
cease
decline
delay
deny yourself
desist
do without
fast
forbear
forgo
give up
go without
halt
hesitate
lay off
refrain
refrain from
refuse
reject
stall
stop
teetotal
temporize
turn down
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Antonyms for abstain:
accept
aid
allow
assist
begin
bow to
carry on
continue
do
embrace
encourage
face
free
give in to
go
go ahead
help
indulge
indulge in
involve
jump in
keep on
let go
meet
partake
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- abroach
- abrades
- abo
- abl
- abbey
- abamp
- aarti
- aahing
- aaa
- breakdown
- gonad
- rivers
- Daniel
- quartere
- showing
- crowdle
- slippers
- scuffled
- barring
- losers
- lignite
- letches
- juggled
- Eugene
- crawling
- corners
- climber
- brusquely
- vignette
- contained
- sorted
- suggest
- torpor
- serving
- Hyksos
- cheated
- canny
- reexpressed
- Lubbock
- hadron
- Gaëtan
- enmeshed
- Bridgette
- biased
- fruition
- straightest
- slumbered
- vial
- stymied
- snippy
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Syllable Fun Fact
In non-linear phonology, the syllable is seen not as a linear sequence but as a hierarchical structure of constituents.
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