how-d'ye-do

1. 1.

   an awkward situation

   “that's a fine how-d'ye-do”

   Synonymshow-do-you-do

   Broadersituation

Questions about how-d'ye-do

What does how-d'ye-do mean?

how-d'ye-do means "an awkward situation".

How many syllables are in how-d'ye-do?

how-d'ye-do has 3 syllables and divides as how--d'ye--do under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for how-d'ye-do?

Close synonyms include how-do-you-do. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.