inflammation
nounHow many syllables in inflammation?
There are 4 syllables in the word inflammation.How to pronounce inflammation:
Definition of inflammation:
- inflammation (noun):
- an inflaming or being inflamed
- the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up.
- a local response to cellular injury that is marked by capillary dilatation, leukocytic infiltration, redness, heat, and pain and that serves as a mechanism initiating the elimination of noxious agents and of damaged tissue
Synonyms for inflammation:
ache
burning
discomfort
excitation
excitement
exciting
fervor
fervour
fever pitch
firing
heat
ignition
inflaming
injury
kindling
lighting
pain
painfulness
rash
redness
rubor
sensation
sore
soreness
stitch
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Antonyms for inflammation:
decrease
depression
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- reverently
- gratuity
- legislative
- deficiency
- ferocious
- arborvitae
- precarious
- discrepancy
- altercation
- alimony
- asynchronous
- Valentine's Day
- formidable
- conspicuous
- optometrist
- insatiable
- trustworthiness
- perimeter
- enviously
- detrimental
- variously
- unsimilar
- tranquillity
- divination
- phlebotomy
- arboreal
- staggeringly
- polygamy
- instigator
- tetrameter
- chiropodist
- longevity
- Chiranjeevi
- bye-bye
- self-conscious
- accelerate
- unimpressive
- eminently
- self-absorbed
- alivenesses
- trivialize
- cheerfully
- Luciano
- Dionysus
- covetously
- regrettable
- troublemaker
- jubilantly
- dispirited
- allegory
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
In English, all syllables must contain at least one vowel sound, but the vowel can be represented by different letters, including 'y' as in 'myth'.
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