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Showing words for APOSIOPESIS using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Aposiopesis

aposiopesis

8 Letter Words for Aposiopesis

papooses

7 Letter Words for Aposiopesis

apposes, asepsis, aspises, opposes, papoose, paspies, poiesis, poopsie, popsies, possies, psoases, soapies

6 Letter Words for Aposiopesis

apiose, apoise, appose, assise, assisi, isseis, oopses, oppose, papess, paseos, passes, pepsis, pisses, pissis, poesis, poises, popess, popsie, posies, posses, possie, sepias, sepsis, sippio, sissoo, soapie, speiss

5 Letter Words for Aposiopesis

apios, apoop, apses, apsis, aspis, asses, assis, issei, oases, oasis, ooses, oppos, ossea, ossia, paise, papes, papio, paseo, pases, pasis, passe, passo, pepos, pepsi, pesos, pipas, pipes, pipis, pisos, poise, poops, popes, popie, poses, posse, psoae, psoai, psoas, sasse, sepia, seppa, sessa, sipes, sises, soapi, soaps, soops, sosie, spaes, speos, spies, spise, spiss

4 Letter Words for Aposiopesis

apes, apii, apio, apis, apps, apse, asio, asop, asps, asse, assi, epop, epos, esop, ipse, ipso, isis, isos, oops, oose, opai, opes, oppo, oses, ossa, osse, paip, pais, pape, paps, pase, pasi, paso, pass, peai, peas, pepo, peps, pesa, peso, pess, pias, pies, pipa, pipe, pipi, pips, pisa, pise, piso, piss, poas, pois, pooa, poop, poos, pope, pops, pose, poss, psia, psis, saip, sais, sapo, saps, sass, seas, seis, seps, sess, sipe, sips, sise, sisi, siss, soap, soop, sope, sops, soso, soss, spae, spas, spie

3 Letter Words for Aposiopesis

aes, ais, ape, app, ase, asp, ass, eas, eos, epa, epi, esp, ess, iao, ios, ipo, ips, ise, iso, oas, oes, oie, oii, ois, oop, oos, opa, ope, opp, ops, ose, osi, pap, pas, pea, pep, pes, pia, pie, pip, pis, poa, poi, poo, pop, pos, ppa, ppi, pps, psi, sai, sao, sap, sea, sei, sep, sie, sip, sis, sop, spa, spp, sps, sse, ssp

Definitions for Aposiopesis

[1] a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
[2] rhetoric the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue

Words related to Aposiopesis

allegory, allusion, analogy, anticlimax, antithesis, bathos, comparison, conceit, device, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, metaphor

Words nearby Aposiopesis

aporepressor, aporia, aport, aposematic, aposematic coloration, aposiopesis, apospory, apostasy, apostate, apostatize, apostaxis

Origin of Aposiopesis

1570–80; < Late Latin < Greek: literally, a full silence, equivalent to aposiōpē- (verbid stem of aposiōpáein to be fully silent; apo- apo- + siōpáein to be silent) + -sis -sis

Other words from Aposiopesis

ap·o·si·o·pet·ic [ap-uh -sahy-uh -pet -ik] /ˌæp əˌsaɪ əˈpɛt ɪk/ , adjective

Word origin for Aposiopesis

C16: via Late Latin from Greek, from aposiōpaein to be totally silent, from siōpaein to be silent

Synonyms for Aposiopesis

adumbration, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogue, analogy, anaphora, anticlimax, antistrophe, antithesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, bathos, communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device, comparison, conceit, device, echoism, ellipsis, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, ornament, oxymoron, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, proteron, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, synecdoche, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, understatement, way of speaking