syncopated

[ sing-kuh-pey-tid, sin- ]

/ ˈsɪŋ kəˌpeɪ tɪd, ˈsɪn- /

adjective

marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.

cut short; abbreviated.

Origin of syncopated

1655–65; <Late Latin syncopāt(us) (see syncopate) + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM syncopated

un·syn·co·pat·ed, adjective

Words nearby syncopated

synclitism, synclonus, Syncom, syncopal, syncopate, syncopated, syncopation, syncope, syncopic, syncretism, syncretize

Example sentences from the Web for syncopated

To us, it is the contemporary sound through which new and old truths explode in syncopated revelation.
Broadway Was Made for Tupac|Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marcyliena Morgan|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Upstairs a piano took up the refrain in a thin, syncopated echo.
Stover at Yale|Owen Johnson
Every voice was independent, and syncopated as were the rhythms.
Franz Liszt|James Huneker
Tollan is but a syncopated form of Tonatlan, the Place of the Sun.
American Hero-Myths|Daniel G. Brinton

He crossed the lawn, waited a few seconds till the piano ceased its syncopated frenzy and the dancers stopped.
Poor Man's Rock|Bertrand W. Sinclair
A Schuetzen Park picnic was gathering itself under the arches, to the syncopated tune of a brass band.
The Readjustment|Will Irwin