mourning
adjectiveHow many syllables in mourning?
There are 2 syllables in the word mourning.How to pronounce mourning:
Definition of mourning:
- mourning (adjective):
- sorrowful through loss or deprivation.
Synonyms for mourning:
bereaved
bereft
crying
distressed
grieving
melancholy
miserable
mournful
sad
sorrowful
sorrowing
suffering
unhappy
upset
wailing
weeping
widowed
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- thudding
- abjure
- fulfill
- enrapt
- eirie
- chuckhole
- barest
- dotal
- unpack
- refine
- fixture
- undid
- improved
- dances
- sourly
- hagged
- cosmic
- unformed
- turmoil
- tidied
- possessions
- toughness
- descent
- Atharv
- Apode
- thrifty
- aplomb
- dirtied
- Cynric
- goblet
- scaffold
- duller
- locust
- pinnate
- paella
- worshipped
- bootless
- rescript
- Aarush
- wharry
- hefting
- fusspot
- spaders
- Esau
- felsite
- marish
- bedside
- squalling
- brownnose
- scoffer
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Syllable Fun Fact
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