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Related Words for pyrrhic victory
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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| runaway | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| overkill | /xx | Noun |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| stuffing | /x | Noun |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| blowout | /x | Noun |
| havoc | /x | Noun |
| glutton for punishment | /x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| overrun | /xx | Verb |
| exceeding | x/x | Verb |
| heroics | x/x | Noun |
| hyperinflation | xxx/x | Noun |
| extravagance | x/xx | Noun |
| ravage | /x | Noun |
| overcharge | /xx | Noun |
| too much | // | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| hemorrhage | /xx | Noun |
| overestimation | xx/x/x | Noun |
| superfluity | /x/xx | Noun |
| lavish | /x | Adjective |
| death march | // | Name, Name |
| glut | / | Noun |
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun |
| surfeit | /x | Noun |
| gorge | / | Noun |
| deluge | /x | Noun |
| overreaction | /xxxx | Noun |
| embarrassment of riches | x/xx//x | Phrase, Noun |
| gall | / | Noun |
| tote | / | Noun |
| splurge | / | Noun |
| riot | /x | Noun |
| orgy | /x | Noun |
| gluttony | /xx | Noun |
| overage | /xx | Noun |
| profusion | x/x | Noun |
| one too many | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| excess | /x | Noun |
| declamation | xx/x | Noun |
| gold fever | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| diatribe | /xx | Noun |
| overconfidence | xx/xx | Noun |
| overshoot | /xx | Noun |
| double whammy | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| bloat | / | Noun |
| achievement | x/x | Noun |
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| anniversary | xx/xx | Noun |
| ascendancy | x/xx | Noun |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| battle | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bloodless | /x | Adjective |
| bookish | /x | Adjective |
| breakthrough | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| capitulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| cataclysmic | xx/x | Adjective |
| celebratory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| centennial | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| champion | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| championship | /xxx | Noun |
| checkmate | /x | Noun, Verb |
| choreographed | /xxx | Adjective |
| climactic | x/x | Adjective |
| coarsest | /x | Adjective |
| comeback | /x | Noun, Verb |
| commemorative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| commencement | x/x | Noun |
| concession | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| conquest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| contend | x/ | Verb |
| counterattack | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| cruder | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cutthroat | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| defeat | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| defection | x/x | Noun |
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective |
| election | x/x | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| festal | /x | Adjective |
| festive | /x | Adjective |
| football | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gain | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| gala | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| glory | /x | Noun, Verb |
| goodbye | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| inaugural | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| indecisive | xx/x | Adjective |
| independence | xx/x | Noun |
| inglorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| joyous | /x | Adjective |
| landslide | /x | Noun, Verb |
| licking | /x | Noun |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| lose | / | Verb, Noun |
| match | / | Noun, Verb |
| medal | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nasser | /x | Name |
| nuptial | /x | Adjective |
| overthrow | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| picnic | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pin | / | Noun, Verb |
| prevail | x/ | Verb |
| profit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| rejoice | x/ | Verb |
| relation | x/x | Noun |
| resurgence | x/x | Noun |
| reverses | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| rollicking | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| romp | / | Noun, Verb |
| rousing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sanguinary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| setback | /x | Noun |
| sheng | / | Name |
| shing | / | Noun, Verb |
| slam | / | Noun, Verb |
| slapstick | /x | Noun |
| soccer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| strive | / | Verb, Noun |
| success | x/ | Noun |
| successes | x/x | Noun |
| superiority | xxx/xx | Noun |
| sweep | / | Noun, Verb |
| thang | / | Noun |
| thirtieth | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| title | /x | Noun, Verb |
| trick | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| triumph | /x | Noun, Verb |
| upcoming | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| victor | /x | Noun |
| victoria | x/xx | Name |
| victorian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| victories | /xx | Noun |
| victorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| war | / | Noun, Verb |
| win | / | Verb, Noun |
| winner | /x | Noun |
