screeching
adjectiveHow many syllables in screeching?
There are 2 syllables in the word screeching.How to pronounce screeching:
Definition of screeching:
- screeching (adjective):
- abrupt, sudden
Synonyms for screeching:
scream
screaming
screech
shriek
shrieking
Antonyms for screeching:
baritone
bass
booming
deep
full-toned
grave
low
low-toned
powerful
resonant
resounding
rumbling
sonorous
throaty
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- poignant
- laying
- inscribe
- beckoned
- abhor
- scheming
- oblige
- approve
- recline
- licked
- deftly
- discussed
- chastise
- pandered
- sixty
- prancing
- awkward
- cradling
- gloated
- refreshed
- howled
- creeper
- rejoiced
- fervor
- dawdling
- body
- raveled
- fabric
- blotted
- echoed
- rashly
- quivered
- profess
- etched
- sufficed
- plastered
- traverse
- enmesh
- vagrant
- recedes
- rambled
- scavenged
- couping
- lilies
- innards
- girded
- fortieth
- buries
- vilest
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Syllable Fun Fact
A haiku traditionally consists of seventeen 'on' or morae, often translated as syllables in English, arranged in a 5-7-5 pattern.
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