Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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inclement

/ɪnˈklɛm.ənt/ adjective

  1. adjective Stormy, of rough weather; not clement. “inclement weather”
  2. adjective (obsolete) Merciless, unrelenting.
  3. adjective (archaic) Unmercifully severe in temper or action.

Synonyms

foul pitiless remorseless unmerciful unyielding barbarous bowelless brutal compassionless cruel flagitious demonic despiteful diabolic diabolical fell incessive inhuman inhumane malicious

Antonyms

clement

Etymology

From Latin inclēmēns (“unmerciful, severe”), from in- (“not”) + clēmēns (“mild, placid”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.
  2. adjective Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather. Cowper.

Etymology [L. inclemens; pref. in- not + clemens mild: cf. F. inclément. See Clement.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “inclement”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details