coaxing
adjectiveHow many syllables in coaxing?
There are 3 syllables in the word coaxing.How to pronounce coaxing:
Definition of coaxing:
- coaxing (adjective):
- pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade.
Synonyms for coaxing:
ingratiatory
Antonyms for coaxing:
atheism
disability
disbelief
discouragement
dissuasion
hindrance
impotence
incompetence
prevention
weakness
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- staggering
- improvise
- sand-castle
- proudly
- goofiness
- misstepping
- unending
- splendidly
- quarreling
- overwhelms
- anytime
- recognise
- deterrence
- wondering
- Phaeacia
- assembled
- geogu'eb
- inscription
- minuend
- liberate
- disdainful
- acquaintance
- astounded
- assuage
- secular
- stunningly
- lovable
- acquiesce
- exclaiming
- genuinely
- painfully
- proudest
- pleasantries
- sheepishly
- mindlessly
- serenely
- merciful
- hierarchal
- fraudulence
- rivulet
- rapier
- double-u
- famously
- plausibly
- lighthearted
- sensibly
- nonetheless
- diminish
- verbalize
- chronicles
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
The English language exhibits a phenomenon called 'schwa deletion', where unstressed syllables are often pronounced as a quick, neutral vowel sound or omitted.
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