waylaid
verbHow many syllables in waylaid?
There are 2 syllables in the word waylaid.How to pronounce waylaid:
Definition of waylaid:
- waylaid (verb):
- to lie in wait for and attack
- to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush
Synonyms for waylaid:
ambush
ambushed
assaulted
attack
attacked
captured
catch
hold up
lie in wait for
set upon
surprise
surprised
surprized
Antonyms for waylaid:
allowed
forwarded
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- squirreled
- groggy
- unburned
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- precess
- perjure
- sychem
- layers
- Sauville
- pallet
- floppy
- neuron
- widdle
- pinkish
- twister
- teaching's
- quicken
- Izzy
- scale-pan
- occurred
- reveals
- fluster
- untold
- bushel
- lever
- hyping
- dendral
- courser
- shingle
- doozy
- astray
- propound
- impel
- Selas
- frankness
- Estas
- plasm
- fatless
- sandstone
- despoil
- in stride
- choo-choo
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Syllable Fun Fact
The English language exhibits a phenomenon called 'schwa deletion', where unstressed syllables are often pronounced as a quick, neutral vowel sound or omitted.
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