desist

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Phonetic Respelling: [ dih-sist, -zist ]

Definition: Play

v. to bring to an immediate end

Sentence: Play Play

The librarian urged them to desist their noisy discussion.

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The librarian urged them to desist their noisy discussion.

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Synonyms: Play

end; stop; discontinue; quit

Antonyms: Play

start

How many syllables in desist?

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Divide desist into syllables:

de-sist

Desist rhymes:

  • One Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear chryst chryst
    • Hear cist cist
    • Hear crist crist
    • Hear cyst cyst
    • Hear fist fist
    • Hear frist frist
    • Hear ghrist ghrist
    • Hear gist gist
    • Hear grist grist
    • Hear hissed hissed
    • Hear kissed kissed
    • Hear kist kist
    • Hear krist krist
    • Hear list list
    • Hear liszt liszt
    • Hear midst midst
    • Hear missed missed
    • Hear mist mist
    • Hear nist nist
    • Hear pissed pissed
    • Hear quist quist
    • Hear rist rist
    • Hear schist schist
    • Hear twist twist
    • Hear wist wist
    • Hear wrist wrist
  • Two Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear assist assist
    • Hear baptiste baptiste
    • Hear consist consist
    • Hear delist delist
    • Hear dismissed dismissed
    • Hear enlist enlist
    • Hear exist exist
    • Hear insist insist
    • Hear persist persist
    • Hear resist resist
    • Hear subsist subsist
  • Three Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear coexist coexist
    • Hear preexist preexist
    • Hear reminisced reminisced

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