apologise
verbHow many syllables in apologise?
There are 4 syllables in the word apologise.How to pronounce apologise:
Definition of apologise:
- apologise (verb):
- to say that one is sorry for some wrongdoing
- acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing.
Synonyms for apologise:
acknowledge
admit
ask forgiveness
beg pardon
express regret
make an apology
say sorry
say you are sorry
Antonyms for apologise:
defy
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- endeavoring
- presumptuous
- accessibly
- scenario
- phonographic
- heptameter
- connotation
- elevation
- perspicuous
- recalcitrance
- cooperative
- lugubrious
- lamentation
- contrarily
- overrated
- edacity
- compunctious
- clever-clever
- belletristic
- wishy-washy
- Kozakura
- non sequitur
- equivocal
- circumspectly
- acclimatize
- hyperactive
- ignorable
- antisocial
- previously
- acoustician
- interwoven
- nomenclature
- dubiety
- Ashwathama
- verbosity
- unconfident
- atticism
- excogitate
- passivism
- pestilential
- delectation
- mannerism
- congruity
- elegiac
- overbearing
- emasculate
- desperacy
- onesimus
- beautifully
- quintessential
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
English speakers often use syllable stress to differentiate between nouns and verbs with the same spelling, such as 'record' (noun) vs. 'record' (verb).
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