debacle
nounHow many syllables in debacle?
There are 3 syllables in the word debacle.How to pronounce debacle:
Definition of debacle:
- debacle (noun):
- a great disaster
- a sudden and violent collapse.
Synonyms for debacle:
apocalypse
calamity
catastrophe
collapse
crash
disaster
drubbing
fiasco
slaughter
thrashing
tragedy
trouncing
upheaval
walloping
whipping
Antonyms for debacle:
accomplishment
achievement
achiever
acquirement
acquisition
adequacy
advantage
attainment
belter
benefit
best seller
bestseller
betterment
big hit
blessing
blockbuster
boon
boost
box office success
box-office hit
box-office success
building
calm
chartbuster
conquest
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- satiates
- unflinching
- pitying
- overripe
- insolent
- designate
- abutting
- pompously
- seasonal
- complaisant
- surfeiting
- venerates
- allaying
- misconceive
- assistants
- shininess
- canalize
- expended
- pacify
- heavily
- distrustful
- submerging
- edemic
- pitiable
- disembark
- cleverer
- unprompted
- antedate
- dishearten
- jabbering
- excitement
- competed
- cheekily
- correspond
- impressing
- succinctness
- resolute
- expatiate
- disobey
- charisma
- finicky
- continue
- ecstasy
- conferment
- accomplished
- unwanted
- nebulous
- eleventh
- sluggishly
- tinier
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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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