perishing
verbHow many syllables in perishing?
There are 3 syllables in the word perishing.How to pronounce perishing:
Definition of perishing:
- perishing (verb):
- to become destroyed or ruined cease to exist
Synonyms for perishing:
death
decay
decease
demise
dying
ebbing
end
exit
expiration
expiring
expiry
fading
retrogression
reversion
shriveling
shrivelling
waning
wilting
withering
Antonyms for perishing:
boiling
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- loup-garou
- incited
- embodies
- discontent
- foolishness
- deservers
- torpedoes
- tailoring
- portrayal
- ironside
- eggheaded
- wherewith
- rhythmical
- humpbacked
- diverting
- bobsleighing
- battening
- unstacked
- thereof
- peptizer
- lamented
- impowered
- distracting
- atrophied
- arises
- short-handed
- cenotaph
- bombastic
- resembles
- rereading
- recruited
- perplexes
- one hundred
- mind-numbing
- livestock
- button-shaped
- arousing
- overturn
- divulged
- bartender
- regretter
- overworked
- Murial
- misshapen
- misplacement
- fidgeted
- execrate
- elusion
- assigning
- vexation
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