nodding
adjectiveHow many syllables in nodding?
There are 2 syllables in the word nodding.How to pronounce nodding:
Definition of nodding:
- nodding (adjective):
- hasty and usually superficial
- bending downward or forward drooping
- having branches or flower heads that bend downward.
Synonyms for nodding:
bowed
bowing
dangling
declined
declining
descending
dozing
dozy
drooping
drowsy
falling
hanging
hung
inclining
pendulous
sagging
sleepy
tired
unerect
weeping
Antonyms for nodding:
cocked
erect
full
inflated
on end
perpendicular
plumb
raised
rampant
sheer
stand-up
standing
standing up
straight
unbending
upright
upstanding
upward
vertical
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- mettar
- amass
- gazing
- alas
- reduced
- proven
- halfway
- cavort
- scooted
- jaundice
- irksome
- haggish
- functioned
- weirdly
- muses
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- souring
- glutton
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- iamb
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Syllable Fun Fact
The English language exhibits a phenomenon called 'schwa deletion', where unstressed syllables are often pronounced as a quick, neutral vowel sound or omitted.
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