stressing
nounHow many syllables in stressing?
There are 2 syllables in the word stressing.How to pronounce stressing:
Definition of stressing:
- stressing (noun):
- constraining force or influence such as
Synonyms for stressing:
accentuate
belabour
bothering
bring to the fore
draw attention to
dwell on
emphasize
fearing
flag up
fretting
fussing
harp on
highlight
impress on someone
point up
press home
repeat
rub in
stewing
sweating
troubling
underline
underscore
worrying
Antonyms for stressing:
abating
attenuating
cheapening
de-emphasizing
depreciating
diminishing
doing an injustice to
downplaying
enervating
extenuating
glossing over
lessening
lightening
making light of
mitigating
playing down
reducing
trivialising
trivializing
underemphasizing
underestimating
undermining
underplaying
understating
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- payroll
- desires
- daughters
- beers
- muted
- beaming
- missing
- loathing
- unit
- toiler
- dropping
- breaker
- bozine
- threaten
- occlude
- freer
- Damien
- wryly
- trusted
- spectate
- Osman
- much less
- dreaming
- asking
- lighting
- hail from
- tacked
- cuter
- celloist
- acquire
- patrolled
- kicking
- inspired
- heated
- driven
- visage
- uplift
- tightened
- hurried
- freaking
- buddies
- badly
- caboose
- glowing
- flexing
- talked
- spaces
- Johnson
- faeces
- eating
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Syllable-initial consonants are known to be clearer and stronger than syllable-final consonants due to articulatory strengthening.
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