nightmare
How many syllables in nightmare?
There are 2 syllables in the word nightmare.How to pronounce nightmare:
Synonyms for nightmare:
agony
bad dream
curse
hallucination
hell
horror
incubus
misery
misfortune
murder
night terror
ordeal
torment
torture
tragedy
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- lying
- jealous
- handle
- booty
- sweater
- greedy
- friendly
- castle
- bullet
- married
- salty
- hurting
- began
- furlough
- duty
- bowling
- dusty
- clapping
- stable
- Spanish
- rhythmic
- children
- breaking
- gerund
- complex
- shepherd
- water
- never
- away
- around
- driver's
- whenas
- return
- notice
- attack
- spanking
- uptube
- presents
- climate
- calling
- chyron
- Barbie
- zero
- finished
- Asian
- acclaimed
- grandma
- battle
- stealthy
- MIA
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Stress-timed languages, such as English, are characterized by variability in syllable duration but a relatively constant time between stressed syllables.
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