overshadowing
verbHow many syllables in overshadowing?
There are 5 syllables in the word overshadowing.How to pronounce overshadowing:
Definition of overshadowing:
- overshadowing (verb):
- to cast a shadow over
- to sadden the atmosphere of
Synonyms for overshadowing:
beclouding
blackening
blight
blurring
cast a gloom upon
clouding
concealing
crool or cruel
darkening
dimming
eclipsing
fogging
hazing
mar
mess up
misting
obliterating
obscuring
overcasting
put a damper on
ruin
scar
shadowing
shrouding
spoil
Show 3 more
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- surrealism
- risibility
- liberalism
- incorruptible
- barbarically
- vivaciously
- precariously
- mendaciousness
- civilization
- toxiphobia
- mathematician
- unmistakably
- circumnavigate
- unrelentingly
- disappointingly
- exploratory
- monetarily
- overconfidence
- unsympathetic
- unreliable
- haruspication
- disorientated
- analytical
- conscientiousness
- insufferable
- unpronounceable
- technicalities
- overabundance
- calypsonian
- unpresentable
- nonassessable
- incontinently
- sat-cit-ananda
- revigoration
- penetralia
- continuously
- integrality
- Abhinandana
- quasi-permanent
- undeservedly
- cardigan jacket
- individual's
- elimination
- acknowledgeable
- clarification
- audiologist
- assiduity
- undeviating
- instrumentalist
- solidarity
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Syllable stress is a form of emphasis within a word where one syllable is pronounced more forcefully or with a higher pitch.
You, too, can become a syllable pro and wow your friends, family, and pets!