optimism
How many syllables in optimism?
There are 4 syllables in the word optimism.How to pronounce optimism:
Synonyms for optimism:
brightness
bullishness
buoyancy
cheerfulness
confidence
hope
hopefulness
idealism
positive attitude
positiveness
sanguineness
sanguinity
Antonyms for optimism:
anguish
bearishness
cheerlessness
dejection
depression
desolation
despair
despondence
despondency
diffidence
disconsolateness
discontent
discouragement
dispiritedness
displeasure
dissatisfaction
distress
distrust
doubt
downheartedness
dreariness
expectation of worst
fear
foreboding
forlornness
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- unforgiving
- maniacal
- declaration
- demonstrable
- spontaneously
- retrievable
- arduously
- lightheartedness
- annually
- systematize
- prerequisite
- predetermine
- principally
- permissible
- pterodactyl
- inefficient
- deceitfulness
- repudiate
- industrious
- libreria
- spuriously
- panorama
- tribadism
- infrangible
- assailable
- inviolate
- qualifying
- misconstruction
- execration
- vituperate
- epitomise
- uniquely
- vainglorious
- dissimilar
- mercilessly
- felicitate
- disputable
- enviable
- peacefulness
- impractical
- enigmatic
- cotyledon
- economize
- unfeasible
- respectable
- epistaxis
- tumultuous
- preferable
- tragically
- deciduous
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