sombre
How many syllables in sombre?
There are 2 syllables in the word sombre.How to pronounce sombre:
Synonyms for sombre:
black
caliginous
cheerless
dark
darkened
darkish
darkling
darksome
depressing
dim
dimmed
dismal
doleful
dusk
dusky
funereal
gloomy
grave
joyless
lightless
lugubrious
melancholy
mournful
murky
obscure
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Antonyms for sombre:
above
admirable
advantageous
affable
agreeable
airy
alluring
amazing
amiable
amusing
animated
appealing
as happy as larry
as pleased as punch
assured
at ease
auspicious
back-slapping
backslapping
beaming
beautiful
befriended
beneficial
benign
benignant
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- couriered
- baseness
- speeling
- dapper
- crossly
- clumpy
- burdie
- woolen
- whizzes
- subside
- forename
- gripping
- ransack
- concurred
- artless
- scoundrel
- sixteenth
- skidding
- precedes
- straggly
- silky
- traipse
- possesses
- warmness
- louring
- Phillip
- reshaped
- raiment
- daunted
- stodgy
- mangy
- avion
- debarred
- Merlot
- taffrail
- scrabbling
- goombah
- chugging
- lumping
- chowder
- galoots
- halted
- capered
- whilom
- lookout
- surprised
- afraid
- outside
- problem
- fifteenth
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Syllable Fun Fact
The variation in syllable count for the same word between British and American English accents, such as 'secretary', reflects differences in pronunciation standards.
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