as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
you're not making a syllable of sense
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of syllable
Much as the first episode after November’s election started out overly earnest before its mid-cold-open rug-pull, this one barely let Miranda cough out one syllable before James Austin Johnson’s Trump commandeered the sketch, dragging it into a hilarious new direction.
—
Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
The final syllable hadn’t quite rolled off the tongue of the inquisitor and Charles Lee chuckled, fully aware what was coming next as if there were a pack of tarot cards stacked in front of him.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2025
It was supposed to be Trismegistus, but the maid tasked with telling the curate got distracted and forgot all but the first syllable.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
His usually calm voice was rising with each syllable.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for syllable
Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
The final syllable hadn’t quite rolled off the tongue of the inquisitor and Charles Lee chuckled, fully aware what was coming next as if there were a pack of tarot cards stacked in front of him.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2025
It was supposed to be Trismegistus, but the maid tasked with telling the curate got distracted and forgot all but the first syllable.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
His usually calm voice was rising with each syllable.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for syllable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllable
Noun
-
Continue reading … 'STEELE' THE SHOW – MSNBC host demands Democrats start giving a ‘damn’ about Trump, Musk in fiery rant.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
17 Feb. 2025
-
Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
25 Sep. 2024
Noun
-
The movie is a jaw-dropping hoot, with Moore as an aging celebrity who takes a drug treatment that unlocks her younger self (Margaret Qualley).—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
-
Parker Posey plays Tim’s wife, Victoria, a brassy belle who thinks everything her children do is a hoot.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
The teams combined to take 168 3-pointers, and didn’t play a lick of defense.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
-
Photo by Jeffery Edwards/Shutterstock In addition to artists, local restauranteurs are taking some of the hardest licks, given most are small-business owners and entrepreneurs who survive on the thinnest of margins and don’t have much in terms of reserves.—
Joe Diaz,
AFAR Media,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
The lack of logic Trump’s fun-house version of justice may not matter a whit to voters, or alter even slightly their perceptions of the two major parties.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
-
The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.—
The Editors,
National Review,
30 Sep. 2024
Noun
-
By finally publishing it in the party’s flagship journal, the inference is that none of the intervening turmoil has made China’s leadership alter course one iota.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
-
The Standard & Poor’s 500 finished an iota higher, less than 0.1%, after surrendering virtually all of its early gain of 0.9%.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Syllable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllable. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share