presages
nounHow many syllables in presages?
There are 3 syllables in the word presages.How to pronounce presages:
Definition of presages:
- presages (noun):
- something that foreshadows or portends a future event omen
Synonyms for presages:
anticipations
anxieties
concerns
fears
feels
forebodings
insights
omen
portent
portents
premonitions
presage
presentiments
prodigy
prognostic
prognostication
prognostications
signs
suspicions
worries
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- quieten
- awesomely
- sodomize
- nondescript
- retable
- morosely
- poinsettia
- gormandize
- offhanded
- discovered
- deforest
- beatific
- Ethelwulf
- benefice
- sinuous
- demanding
- expander
- dishevel
- indolent
- constancy
- herewith
- worshipping
- shillelagh
- cajoling
- altering
- heavenly
- satisfied
- excellent
- solution
- hurrying
- changeable
- resembled
- mountainous
- gleefully
- apprentice
- insistent
- imprison
- heartwrenching
- condolence
- velvety
- resplendent
- maintenance
- reconstruct
- scariness
- prouder
- disobeyed
- caravan
- deferent
- unaware
- enthralling
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