Definition of monosyllabic in English:

monosyllabic

adjective ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sɪˈlabɪkˌmɑnəsəˈlæbɪk

1(of a word or utterance) consisting of one syllable.
Example sentencesExamples
- Well, that's great, I told myself, I managed to squeeze about seven monosyllabic words into that lovely conversation.
- Sanskrit is built in such a way that virtually every word in the language can be derived from a root, a monosyllabic sound unit having a general significance in the sphere of action.
- He tried multiple times to draw me into a conversation but I only responded with monosyllabic answers.
- We listed a few words that we claimed were just exceptions to the claim that monosyllabic adjectives inflect, and we included wrong on that list.
- Most who spoke (and many offered only monosyllabic answers), claimed they intended to change their ways or had learned their lesson.
- A movie theatre concession girl, Debbie, meets the store clerk at a laundromat and tries to make awkward, one-sided, monosyllabic conversation.
- Like other languages of the Sino-Tibetan group, Burmese is monosyllabic.
- I think I'll stick to monosyllabic and disyllabic words today.
- Jo answered, spitting out each monosyllabic word.
- The opening couplet divides ten monosyllabic words evenly between two lines.
- Both monosyllabic and polysyllabic words representing closed, silent-e, and vowel digraph or diphthong syllable patterns are presented.
- The first two lines, containing only monosyllabic words, mix a sing-song dimeter with a grim subject matter.
- This involves the names of social groups that are derived from monosyllabic adjectives, like black and gay.
- Why are there so many syllables in the word monosyllabic?
- He answered her questions with monosyllabic responses.
- Sino-Tibetan languages are distinguished from western language families by two main traits: isolating or monosyllabic characters and the use of tones.
- Chinese is monosyllabic, Japanese is polysyllabic; Japanese verbs, adjectives and adverbs inflect, whereas they don't in Chinese.
- Chinese is a monosyllabic language, where a single sound represents one word.
- As they continue to develop, children learn to segment polysyllabic words into syllables as they approach kindergarten age and monosyllabic words into phonemes around first grade.
- As you know he had a stroke in 1985 and lost the ability to speak, apart from a few dozen monosyllabic words like yes and no, and other basic simple things.
1. 1.1 (of a person) using brief or few words to signify reluctance to engage in conversation.
  a monosyllabic footballer
  Example sentencesExamples
  This is a book of footballers when they were stars and not the monosyllabic, monotone ‘celebrities’ that exist today
  He's dead certain and often nearly monosyllabic.
  Georges' wife, who works for a successful editor, is concerned: not least for their monosyllabic son, Pierrot, a young swimming champ.
  In Mexico City, where kidnapping occurs more frequently than in Iraq, security for the rich is essential and so the monosyllabic Creasy is hired as a bodyguard for eight-year-old Pita (Fanning).
  On examination, he was anxious, diaphoretic, and monosyllabic.
  ‘You're usually not so monosyllabic,’ she told me earnestly as we walked.
  Having inspected the larder, Mary decided to prepare a steak pudding and when Bertha's monosyllabic husband, Davy, took a second helping her fate was sealed.
  The end result can sometimes resemble a conversation between two monosyllabic adolescents.
  Surly, monosyllabic drivers aside, it's a minor miracle if the bus actually rolls up at all!
  She shifted her weight and looked at the ceiling. ‘Well, for one I guess I could try and not be completely closed off and monosyllabic.
  I would have sensed if there had been any anxiety, but it was only the night before the race that he began to be monosyllabic.
  ‘So he's what's made you so monosyllabic,’ she commented.
  I am a monosyllabic girl every time I'm near him.
  By contrast, this character is a Latino version of Hawk, the darkly menacing, monosyllabic backup man he created for his Spenser detective series.
  He's very monosyllabic, and could put to sleep an over stimulated mule.
  He's also under the impression that the word ‘dis’ evolved because ‘we are increasingly monosyllabic.’
  He is permanently monosyllabic unless the subject happens to be narrow-gauge North American railways, and he never uses a word where a silent, dismissive glare would do.
  Our monosyllabic waiter briefly sprung into life when it came to choosing from the wine list.
  So I eventually called up the helpline, and the monosyllabic customer advisor at the end of the phone informed me that there was indeed a delay.
  It used to be that whenever I called such places, I would be greeted by people who sounded like monosyllabic, grumpy teenagers.
  Synonyms
  brief, concise, terse, succinct, short, economical, elliptical, crisp, pithy, to the point, incisive, short and sweet, compendious

Derivatives

monosyllabically

adverb

Sadly, this monosyllabically narrated featurette adds nothing to one's insight of the film.
Example sentencesExamples
- This emotional tailspin lasted all the way through Sunday, rendering me monosyllabically uncommunicative for the entire duration.
- Quiet and shy, he looks down while he mumbles his answers, monosyllabically, to questions about the approaching formula one season.
- My head feels like its going to explode as I sit through the two important meetings I had yesterday, monosyllabically trying to make contributions.
- I responded monosyllabically that yes I would come and talk to him and that was fine.

Rhymes

disyllabic, polysyllabic, syllabic

Definition of monosyllabic in US English:

monosyllabic

adjectiveˌmänəsəˈlabikˌmɑnəsəˈlæbɪk

1(of a word or utterance) consisting of one syllable.
Example sentencesExamples
- Like other languages of the Sino-Tibetan group, Burmese is monosyllabic.
- Both monosyllabic and polysyllabic words representing closed, silent-e, and vowel digraph or diphthong syllable patterns are presented.
- Chinese is monosyllabic, Japanese is polysyllabic; Japanese verbs, adjectives and adverbs inflect, whereas they don't in Chinese.
- I think I'll stick to monosyllabic and disyllabic words today.
- Why are there so many syllables in the word monosyllabic?
- Chinese is a monosyllabic language, where a single sound represents one word.
- The first two lines, containing only monosyllabic words, mix a sing-song dimeter with a grim subject matter.
- Most who spoke (and many offered only monosyllabic answers), claimed they intended to change their ways or had learned their lesson.
- He tried multiple times to draw me into a conversation but I only responded with monosyllabic answers.
- This involves the names of social groups that are derived from monosyllabic adjectives, like black and gay.
- Jo answered, spitting out each monosyllabic word.
- As they continue to develop, children learn to segment polysyllabic words into syllables as they approach kindergarten age and monosyllabic words into phonemes around first grade.
- He answered her questions with monosyllabic responses.
- Well, that's great, I told myself, I managed to squeeze about seven monosyllabic words into that lovely conversation.
- Sanskrit is built in such a way that virtually every word in the language can be derived from a root, a monosyllabic sound unit having a general significance in the sphere of action.
- As you know he had a stroke in 1985 and lost the ability to speak, apart from a few dozen monosyllabic words like yes and no, and other basic simple things.
- We listed a few words that we claimed were just exceptions to the claim that monosyllabic adjectives inflect, and we included wrong on that list.
- A movie theatre concession girl, Debbie, meets the store clerk at a laundromat and tries to make awkward, one-sided, monosyllabic conversation.
- Sino-Tibetan languages are distinguished from western language families by two main traits: isolating or monosyllabic characters and the use of tones.
- The opening couplet divides ten monosyllabic words evenly between two lines.
1. 1.1 (of a person) using brief words to signify reluctance to engage in conversation.
  the nearer they came to Rome, the more quiet and monosyllabic Paul seemed to become
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our monosyllabic waiter briefly sprung into life when it came to choosing from the wine list.
  Surly, monosyllabic drivers aside, it's a minor miracle if the bus actually rolls up at all!
  On examination, he was anxious, diaphoretic, and monosyllabic.
  This is a book of footballers when they were stars and not the monosyllabic, monotone ‘celebrities’ that exist today
  I am a monosyllabic girl every time I'm near him.
  ‘You're usually not so monosyllabic,’ she told me earnestly as we walked.
  ‘So he's what's made you so monosyllabic,’ she commented.
  In Mexico City, where kidnapping occurs more frequently than in Iraq, security for the rich is essential and so the monosyllabic Creasy is hired as a bodyguard for eight-year-old Pita (Fanning).
  Having inspected the larder, Mary decided to prepare a steak pudding and when Bertha's monosyllabic husband, Davy, took a second helping her fate was sealed.
  The end result can sometimes resemble a conversation between two monosyllabic adolescents.
  I would have sensed if there had been any anxiety, but it was only the night before the race that he began to be monosyllabic.
  She shifted her weight and looked at the ceiling. ‘Well, for one I guess I could try and not be completely closed off and monosyllabic.
  So I eventually called up the helpline, and the monosyllabic customer advisor at the end of the phone informed me that there was indeed a delay.
  He's also under the impression that the word ‘dis’ evolved because ‘we are increasingly monosyllabic.’
  He's dead certain and often nearly monosyllabic.
  Georges' wife, who works for a successful editor, is concerned: not least for their monosyllabic son, Pierrot, a young swimming champ.
  He's very monosyllabic, and could put to sleep an over stimulated mule.
  It used to be that whenever I called such places, I would be greeted by people who sounded like monosyllabic, grumpy teenagers.
  By contrast, this character is a Latino version of Hawk, the darkly menacing, monosyllabic backup man he created for his Spenser detective series.
  He is permanently monosyllabic unless the subject happens to be narrow-gauge North American railways, and he never uses a word where a silent, dismissive glare would do.
  Synonyms
  brief, concise, terse, succinct, short, economical, elliptical, crisp, pithy, to the point, incisive, short and sweet, compendious

单词	monosyllabic
释义	Definition of monosyllabic in English: monosyllabic adjective ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sɪˈlabɪkˌmɑnəsəˈlæbɪk 1(of a word or utterance) consisting of one syllable. Example sentencesExamples Well, that's great, I told myself, I managed to squeeze about seven monosyllabic words into that lovely conversation. Sanskrit is built in such a way that virtually every word in the language can be derived from a root, a monosyllabic sound unit having a general significance in the sphere of action. He tried multiple times to draw me into a conversation but I only responded with monosyllabic answers. We listed a few words that we claimed were just exceptions to the claim that monosyllabic adjectives inflect, and we included wrong on that list. Most who spoke (and many offered only monosyllabic answers), claimed they intended to change their ways or had learned their lesson. A movie theatre concession girl, Debbie, meets the store clerk at a laundromat and tries to make awkward, one-sided, monosyllabic conversation. Like other languages of the Sino-Tibetan group, Burmese is monosyllabic. I think I'll stick to monosyllabic and disyllabic words today. Jo answered, spitting out each monosyllabic word. The opening couplet divides ten monosyllabic words evenly between two lines. Both monosyllabic and polysyllabic words representing closed, silent-e, and vowel digraph or diphthong syllable patterns are presented. The first two lines, containing only monosyllabic words, mix a sing-song dimeter with a grim subject matter. This involves the names of social groups that are derived from monosyllabic adjectives, like black and gay. Why are there so many syllables in the word monosyllabic? He answered her questions with monosyllabic responses. Sino-Tibetan languages are distinguished from western language families by two main traits: isolating or monosyllabic characters and the use of tones. Chinese is monosyllabic, Japanese is polysyllabic; Japanese verbs, adjectives and adverbs inflect, whereas they don't in Chinese. Chinese is a monosyllabic language, where a single sound represents one word. As they continue to develop, children learn to segment polysyllabic words into syllables as they approach kindergarten age and monosyllabic words into phonemes around first grade. As you know he had a stroke in 1985 and lost the ability to speak, apart from a few dozen monosyllabic words like yes and no, and other basic simple things. 1.1 (of a person) using brief or few words to signify reluctance to engage in conversation. a monosyllabic footballer Example sentencesExamples This is a book of footballers when they were stars and not the monosyllabic, monotone ‘celebrities’ that exist today He's dead certain and often nearly monosyllabic. Georges' wife, who works for a successful editor, is concerned: not least for their monosyllabic son, Pierrot, a young swimming champ. In Mexico City, where kidnapping occurs more frequently than in Iraq, security for the rich is essential and so the monosyllabic Creasy is hired as a bodyguard for eight-year-old Pita (Fanning). On examination, he was anxious, diaphoretic, and monosyllabic. ‘You're usually not so monosyllabic,’ she told me earnestly as we walked. Having inspected the larder, Mary decided to prepare a steak pudding and when Bertha's monosyllabic husband, Davy, took a second helping her fate was sealed. The end result can sometimes resemble a conversation between two monosyllabic adolescents. Surly, monosyllabic drivers aside, it's a minor miracle if the bus actually rolls up at all! She shifted her weight and looked at the ceiling. ‘Well, for one I guess I could try and not be completely closed off and monosyllabic. I would have sensed if there had been any anxiety, but it was only the night before the race that he began to be monosyllabic. ‘So he's what's made you so monosyllabic,’ she commented. I am a monosyllabic girl every time I'm near him. By contrast, this character is a Latino version of Hawk, the darkly menacing, monosyllabic backup man he created for his Spenser detective series. He's very monosyllabic, and could put to sleep an over stimulated mule. He's also under the impression that the word ‘dis’ evolved because ‘we are increasingly monosyllabic.’ He is permanently monosyllabic unless the subject happens to be narrow-gauge North American railways, and he never uses a word where a silent, dismissive glare would do. Our monosyllabic waiter briefly sprung into life when it came to choosing from the wine list. So I eventually called up the helpline, and the monosyllabic customer advisor at the end of the phone informed me that there was indeed a delay. It used to be that whenever I called such places, I would be greeted by people who sounded like monosyllabic, grumpy teenagers. Synonyms brief, concise, terse, succinct, short, economical, elliptical, crisp, pithy, to the point, incisive, short and sweet, compendious Derivatives monosyllabically adverb Sadly, this monosyllabically narrated featurette adds nothing to one's insight of the film. Example sentencesExamples This emotional tailspin lasted all the way through Sunday, rendering me monosyllabically uncommunicative for the entire duration. Quiet and shy, he looks down while he mumbles his answers, monosyllabically, to questions about the approaching formula one season. My head feels like its going to explode as I sit through the two important meetings I had yesterday, monosyllabically trying to make contributions. I responded monosyllabically that yes I would come and talk to him and that was fine. Rhymes disyllabic, polysyllabic, syllabic Definition of monosyllabic in US English: monosyllabic adjectiveˌmänəsəˈlabikˌmɑnəsəˈlæbɪk 1(of a word or utterance) consisting of one syllable. Example sentencesExamples Like other languages of the Sino-Tibetan group, Burmese is monosyllabic. Both monosyllabic and polysyllabic words representing closed, silent-e, and vowel digraph or diphthong syllable patterns are presented. Chinese is monosyllabic, Japanese is polysyllabic; Japanese verbs, adjectives and adverbs inflect, whereas they don't in Chinese. I think I'll stick to monosyllabic and disyllabic words today. Why are there so many syllables in the word monosyllabic? Chinese is a monosyllabic language, where a single sound represents one word. The first two lines, containing only monosyllabic words, mix a sing-song dimeter with a grim subject matter. Most who spoke (and many offered only monosyllabic answers), claimed they intended to change their ways or had learned their lesson. He tried multiple times to draw me into a conversation but I only responded with monosyllabic answers. This involves the names of social groups that are derived from monosyllabic adjectives, like black and gay. Jo answered, spitting out each monosyllabic word. As they continue to develop, children learn to segment polysyllabic words into syllables as they approach kindergarten age and monosyllabic words into phonemes around first grade. He answered her questions with monosyllabic responses. Well, that's great, I told myself, I managed to squeeze about seven monosyllabic words into that lovely conversation. Sanskrit is built in such a way that virtually every word in the language can be derived from a root, a monosyllabic sound unit having a general significance in the sphere of action. As you know he had a stroke in 1985 and lost the ability to speak, apart from a few dozen monosyllabic words like yes and no, and other basic simple things. We listed a few words that we claimed were just exceptions to the claim that monosyllabic adjectives inflect, and we included wrong on that list. A movie theatre concession girl, Debbie, meets the store clerk at a laundromat and tries to make awkward, one-sided, monosyllabic conversation. Sino-Tibetan languages are distinguished from western language families by two main traits: isolating or monosyllabic characters and the use of tones. The opening couplet divides ten monosyllabic words evenly between two lines. 1.1 (of a person) using brief words to signify reluctance to engage in conversation. the nearer they came to Rome, the more quiet and monosyllabic Paul seemed to become Example sentencesExamples Our monosyllabic waiter briefly sprung into life when it came to choosing from the wine list. Surly, monosyllabic drivers aside, it's a minor miracle if the bus actually rolls up at all! On examination, he was anxious, diaphoretic, and monosyllabic. This is a book of footballers when they were stars and not the monosyllabic, monotone ‘celebrities’ that exist today I am a monosyllabic girl every time I'm near him. ‘You're usually not so monosyllabic,’ she told me earnestly as we walked. ‘So he's what's made you so monosyllabic,’ she commented. In Mexico City, where kidnapping occurs more frequently than in Iraq, security for the rich is essential and so the monosyllabic Creasy is hired as a bodyguard for eight-year-old Pita (Fanning). Having inspected the larder, Mary decided to prepare a steak pudding and when Bertha's monosyllabic husband, Davy, took a second helping her fate was sealed. The end result can sometimes resemble a conversation between two monosyllabic adolescents. I would have sensed if there had been any anxiety, but it was only the night before the race that he began to be monosyllabic. She shifted her weight and looked at the ceiling. ‘Well, for one I guess I could try and not be completely closed off and monosyllabic. So I eventually called up the helpline, and the monosyllabic customer advisor at the end of the phone informed me that there was indeed a delay. He's also under the impression that the word ‘dis’ evolved because ‘we are increasingly monosyllabic.’ He's dead certain and often nearly monosyllabic. Georges' wife, who works for a successful editor, is concerned: not least for their monosyllabic son, Pierrot, a young swimming champ. He's very monosyllabic, and could put to sleep an over stimulated mule. It used to be that whenever I called such places, I would be greeted by people who sounded like monosyllabic, grumpy teenagers. By contrast, this character is a Latino version of Hawk, the darkly menacing, monosyllabic backup man he created for his Spenser detective series. He is permanently monosyllabic unless the subject happens to be narrow-gauge North American railways, and he never uses a word where a silent, dismissive glare would do. Synonyms brief, concise, terse, succinct, short, economical, elliptical, crisp, pithy, to the point, incisive, short and sweet, compendious
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