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(ma-roon) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to leave someone in a place that is difficult to escape from.

Example Sentence

Lucy's maroon sweater was left at school.

More Example Sentences

They marooned the ship's captain on shore.

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Rhymes

  • boon
  • boone
  • broun
  • bruen
  • brune
  • bruun
  • choon
  • clune
  • coon
  • coone
  • croon
  • dune
  • goon
  • gruen
  • heun
  • hewn
  • hoon
  • joon
  • june
  • keune
  • koon
  • koone
  • kroon
  • kuehn
  • kuehne
  • kuhn
  • loon
  • mhoon
  • moon
  • moone
  • noon
  • noone
  • poon
  • prune
  • roone
  • schoon
  • shoen
  • soon
  • spoon
  • strewn
  • suen
  • swoon
  • thune
  • toon
  • toone
  • troon
  • tune
  • yoon

  • antoon
  • aoun
  • attune
  • baboon
  • balloon
  • banoun
  • barloon
  • bassoon
  • bethune
  • buffoon
  • cahoon
  • calhoon
  • calhoun
  • cancun
  • cardoon
  • cartoon
  • cocoon
  • cohoon
  • commune
  • corroon
  • dekroon
  • festoon
  • galloon
  • hamdoon
  • harpoon
  • harroun
  • huntoon
  • immune
  • impugn
  • karoun
  • karun
  • laffoon
  • lagoon
  • lampoon
  • liqun
  • magoon
  • majnoon
  • maroon
  • mattoon
  • mcclune
  • mccuen
  • mccune
  • mckune
  • monsoon
  • muldoon
  • platoon
  • pontoon
  • raccoon
  • rangoon
  • saloon
  • sassoon
  • terhune
  • tycoon
  • typhoon
  • verboon
  • xiaoyun

  • afternoon
  • disharoon
  • ducommun
  • opportune
  • picayune
  • viromune
  • wotherspoon

  • contrabassoon
  • inopportune
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