denouement
nounHow many syllables in denouement?
There are 4 syllables in the word denouement.How to pronounce denouement:
Definition of denouement:
- denouement (noun):
- the outcome of a complex sequence of events.
- the final outcome or solution in a play or other work
- the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
Synonyms for denouement:
aftermath
climax
conclusion
corollary
culmination
development
echo
effect
ending
fate
finale
implication
outcome
precipitate
product
repercussion
result
resultant
sequel
sequence
termination
upshot
Antonyms for denouement:
antecedent
anticlimax
beginning
causation
cause
commencement
excuse
exterior
exteriority
factor
foundation
initiation
introduction
occasion
opening
origin
outside
question
reason
source
start
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- aggressively
- unfortunate
- self-contented
- psychedelic
- irreverent
- illustrated
- extinguisher
- catechism
- veracity
- relentlessness
- inconsistent
- competitive
- virginity
- philatelist
- molecular
- inorganic
- enterprising
- embodiment
- debutante
- cynicism
- preservation
- plagiarize
- innuendo
- Arianna
- affluency
- timeliness
- prosecutor
- operatic
- inheritance
- economist
- cordially
- atmospheric
- armadillo
- poetically
- amygdala
- synonymous
- rigorously
- pistachios
- mpumalanga
- infiltrator
- indigenous
- execution
- depravity
- acceptable
- prosciutto
- cultivation
- Samaritan
- primavera
- fellow-creature
- disposition
- … more
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