Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dissenting

/dɪsˈɛntɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: dis-sent-ing
IPA: /dɪsˈɛntɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dissent

adj

Showing a strongly different opinion, belief, or viewpoint.

Inflected Forms

more dissenting (comparative) most dissenting (superlative)

Derived Forms

dissentingly nondissenting undissenting

Synonyms

dissentient dissident

Rhymes With

representing preventing presenting renting inventing venting consenting unrelenting lamenting reinventing cementing misrepresenting

Questions

How do you pronounce dissenting?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈɛntɪŋ/.
What does dissenting mean?: present participle and gerund of dissent

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