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melancholic

How many syllables in melancholic?

  4 syllables

Divide melancholic into syllables:   mel-an-chol-ic
Primary syllable stress:   mel-an-chol-ic
Secondary syllable stress:   mel-an-chol-ic
How to pronounce melancholic:   mel-un-kol-ik
How to say melancholic:

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Synonyms for melancholic


1 syllable
  • down
  • sad
2 syllables
  • forlorn
  • morbid
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • elegiac
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What rhymes with melancholic

2 syllables
  • folic
  • frolic
3 syllables
  • bucolic
  • symbolic
4 syllables
5 syllables
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