Dunkirk
nounHow many syllables in Dunkirk?
There are 2 syllables in the word Dunkirk.How to pronounce Dunkirk:
Definition of Dunkirk:
- Dunkirk (noun):
- a retreat to avoid total defeat
Synonyms for Dunkirk:
boiling point
breaking point
climax
clutch
conjuncture
crisis
crossroad(s)
crunch
crunch time
dunkerque
emergency
exigency
extremity
flash point
head
juncture
moment of truth
point of no return
possibility
situation
zero hour
Antonyms for Dunkirk:
advantage
benefit
blessing
calm
calmness
certainty
closure
contentment
ease
good fortune
happiness
peace
solution
success
trivia
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- cradle
- squishy
- rescind
- relive
- rapture
- grumbled
- slaying
- blossoms
- Teness
- loafer
- esteemed
- drizzling
- conspire
- betta
- banal
- aggress
- trowel
- vigor
- ordered
- martyr
- manor
- pockets
- Niklaus
- Anais
- whiffling
- setting
- hora
- concerned
- casein
- precept
- obtain
- ethic
- untried
- suspense
- subtlest
- soulful
- possessed
- piedmonts
- mess up
- lengthwise
- flaunted
- dimmest
- ascribe
- adroit
- valour
- unclenched
- order
- duxelles
- covers
- Haiti
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