backlash
Meaning of backlash
noun
- a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, especially to a social or political development.
a public backlash against racism
- recoil arising between parts of a mechanism.
Information about backlash
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of backlash
back-lash
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- backlash is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
backlash synonyms
Meaning recoil:
Meaning backfire:
Meaning a strongly worded reply to someone else's views:
Meaning a return by a well-known person, especially an entertainer or sports player, to the activity in which they have formerly been successful:
Meaning the action of returning a military attack; counter-attack:
Meaning an act of retaliation:
Meaning an unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one:
Meaning prolongation of a sound; resonance:
Meaning radioactive particles that are carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion and gradually fall back as dust or in precipitation:
Meaning the motion of receding waves:
Translation of backlash
- Spanish: rebote
- German: Abprall
- Italian: ripercussione, rinculo, contraccolpo
Words that rhyme with backlash
Lash, lash, calash, blash, halliblash, clash, interclash, belash, eyelash, whitelash, antiflash, backflash, flash, multiflash, newsflash, outflash, photoflash, reflash, sideflash, synchroflash, thunderflash, upflash, antibacklash, unlash, Polash, backsplash, besplash, oversplash, plash, splash, taplash, upsplash, whiplash, overlash, pearlash, underlash, backslash, beslash, reslash, slash, Whitlash, cutlash, frontlash, outlash, throatlash, goulash, gulash
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