amends
nounHow many syllables in amends?
There are 2 syllables in the word amends.How to pronounce amends:
Definition of amends:
- amends (noun):
- compensation for a loss or injury recompense
- something done or paid in expiation of a wrong.
Synonyms for amends:
damages
expiation
indemnification
indemnity
propitiation
redress
reparation
restitution
Antonyms for amends:
cost
damage
debt
deprivation
disadvantage
dissatisfaction
fee
fine
forfeiture
handicap
hindrance
hurt
loss
penalty
take
taking
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- yokel
- titter
- snapper
- smarten
- replayed
- pretense
- glasshouse
- spluttered
- reunite
- bullies
- ami
- ako
- uptrack
- shaded
- repress
- glimpses
- snow-capped
- gulping
- anguished
- widened
- therein
- swampy
- strangling
- merged
- entwine
- enjoin
- delude
- complied
- chauffeured
- sandal
- mega
- finesse
- Dearbourne
- tinklers
- misdeed
- ghostwrite
- deranged
- spewing
- smolder
- natives
- clattered
- thinly
- reused
- lengthened
- contort
- knapsack
- misplay
- gumption
- feater
- elates
- … more
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