Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

under pain of

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables
un-der- -pain of
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

Synonym of on pain of.

Synonyms

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What does under pain of mean?
Synonym of on pain of.

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