merciful
adjectiveHow many syllables in merciful?
There are 3 syllables in the word merciful.Divide merciful into syllables:
mer · ci · ful
How to pronounce merciful:
Definition of merciful:
- merciful (adjective):
- providing relief
- showing or giving mercy.
- full of mercy compassionate
Synonyms for merciful:
attentive
beneficent
benevolent
benignant
clement
compassionate
considerate
forbearing
forgiving
generous
gentle
good
gracious
humane
kind
kindhearted
kindly
lenient
liberal
nice
patient
pitying
soft
solicitous
sweet
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Antonyms for merciful:
abhorrent
abominable
adverse
affectless
aloof
antagonistic
antipathetic
apathetic
appalling
atrocious
bad
bad-natured
bad-tempered
barbaric
barbarous
base
beastly
bestial
bitter
bloodless
bloodthirsty
brutal
brute
brutish
butcherly
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Here are some other common words that have 3 syllables, like merciful does.
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- quarreling
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- misstepping
- goofiness
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- sand-castle
- improvise
- staggering
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- terribly
- generous
- occasion
- blearily
- eagerly
- perversely
- marvellous
- abnegate
- captain's mast
- tamable
- circuitous
- grotesquely
- savable
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