applaud
How many syllables in applaud?
There are 2 syllables in the word applaud.How to pronounce applaud:
Synonyms for applaud:
acclaim
accredit
approve
bravo
cheer
clap
commend
crack up
encourage
endorse
gesture
give (someone) a big hand
give it up for
hail
laud
motion
o.k.
okay
praise
salute
sanction
spat
tout
Antonyms for applaud:
blow raspberries
boo
catcall
decry
heckle
hiss
howl
jeer
mock
razz
scoff at
scorn
shout down
shriek
taunt
trash-talk
whistle
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- voyage
- redound
- pother
- ballon
- trilling
- downright
- put-off
- ating
- stumbled
- harshly
- approached
- bawled
- killing
- harshness
- hulking
- becomes
- shimmied
- demurs
- tallied
- nuptial
- mulish
- incensed
- deafen
- chemist
- ditties
- quelling
- forbids
- floundered
- undo
- bleary
- snuggled
- toting
- fusty
- snarling
- cooping
- atoned
- greeted
- rehearse
- solely
- scratched
- strong-willed
- bluntly
- preserved
- suffice
- seatmate
- boughten
- raindrop
- scurried
- phial
- subtend
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Syllable Fun Fact
The historical evolution of English has led to the silent 'e' and other silent letters, complicating syllable identification and pronunciation.
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