declaimed
verbHow many syllables in declaimed?
There are 2 syllables in the word declaimed.How to pronounce declaimed:
Definition of declaimed:
- declaimed (verb):
- to speak rhetorically
- to speak loudly and dramatically
- to recite something as an exercise in elocution
Synonyms for declaimed:
descanted
discoursed
expatiated
harangue
harangued
held forth
hold forth
lecture
lectured
orate
orated
perorate
proclaim
rant
recite
speak
spiel
spoke
talked
Antonyms for declaimed:
forgot
read
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- clabbers
- budding
- abrood
- windmill
- scatter
- rotate
- posthaste
- lengthen
- goldsmith
- flanche
- fiendish
- exude
- collage
- battling
- turner
- miscount
- harshens
- cleansing
- thankyou
- spurting
- specter
- scrapbook
- Levi
- Hecate
- dwindles
- coasted
- winding
- spiders
- sauteed
- handrest
- capsize
- artist
- swagger
- Socrates
- hinted
- ensue
- embers
- detract
- derides
- croquet
- beguile
- smelted
- jarvies
- feigning
- bundled
- sore throat
- mjolnir
- littered
- followed
- dustheap
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
In English, certain prefixes and suffixes, when added to a base word, can change its syllable count, as with 'happy' (2 syllables) becoming 'unhappiness' (4 syllables).
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