devours
verbHow many syllables in devours?
There are 2 syllables in the word devours.How to pronounce devours:
Definition of devours:
- devours (verb):
- to eat up greedily
- to eat up greedily or ravenously
Synonyms for devours:
bolt
consume
consumes
cram
demolishes
devastates
dispatch
drains
eat
eats (up)
gobble
gorge
gulp
guzzle
hoover
pig out on
polish off
ruins
stuff
swallow
wolf
Antonyms for devours:
abstains
holds
keeps
nibbles
opens
picks
receives
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- combing
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- hounder
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- bakkie
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- sweetness
- dearer
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- whetted
- Chepi
- truffle
- trucked
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- crusher
- brashness
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- grumous
- vouchsafe
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Light syllables, having short vowels and no ending consonant, often occur in unstressed positions in polysyllabic words.
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