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arrested

How many syllables in arrested?

  3 syllables

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What rhymes with arrested

2 syllables
  • bested
  • chested
  • guested
  • nested
  • tested
  • breasted
  • crested
  • jested
  • rested
  • vested
3 syllables
4 syllables
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