griefdistraught
The word 'grief-distraught' is syllabified into grief-dis-traught, with primary stress on 'traught'. It's an adjective formed from the roots 'grief' and 'tract' with the prefix 'dis-' and suffix '-ed'. Syllabification follows standard English vowel-based rules.
Definitions
- 1
Overwhelmed with sorrow; deeply saddened.
“The grief-distraught mother couldn't speak.”
“He was a grief-distraught widower.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the second syllable ('traught').
Syllables
grief — Open syllable, single vowel sound.. dis — Open syllable, short vowel sound.. traught — Closed syllable, diphthong and consonant cluster.
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Vowel-CVC Rule
Syllables are generally formed around vowel sounds, with consonants following the vowel being included in the same syllable unless a vowel sound intervenes.
Vowel-C Rule
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Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters following a vowel are generally grouped into the same syllable.
- The hyphenated nature of the word is a stylistic choice and doesn't affect the underlying phonological rules.
- The compound structure is treated as a single word for syllabification purposes.
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