scolding
How many syllables in scolding?
There are 2 syllables in the word scolding.How to pronounce scolding:
Synonyms for scolding:
(good) talking-to
admonishment
admonition
business
castigation
censure
chastisement
chiding
condemnation
criticism
damnation
denunciation
depreciation
devil
disparagement
dressing-down
excoriation
lash
lecture
lesson
objurgation
pan
piece of your mind
punishment
rap
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Antonyms for scolding:
acceptance
acclaim
agreement
appreciation
approval
award
citation
commendation
compliment
congratulations
credit
encouragement
endorsement
esteem
eulogy
exaltation
exculpation
exoneration
flattery
forgiveness
honor
honour
indorsement
laudation
pardon
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- ophryon
- mattered
- zippy
- time zone
- sunburn
- mentee
- asthma
- ashen
- twelfth-year
- strongest
- snowcapped
- rupture
- clamored
- Cheyenne
- appease
- vinyl
- Varik
- stillness
- shimmers
- devolve
- brainstorm
- back end
- appals
- unwrap
- tether
- outrun
- orders
- forceps
- falcon
- deathly
- sitter
- simmer
- relies
- manxome
- Kaylee
- ela
- darken
- corrode
- chroma
- trapeze
- ravaged
- petrol
- Ingrid
- Cesar
- stingy
- ripple
- pipit
- oval
- joggled
- hoarded
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Syllable Fun Fact
Ambisyllabicity occurs when a consonant at the boundary of two syllables belongs to both, as in the word 'happen'.
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