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benighted

How many syllables in benighted?

  3 syllables

Divide benighted into syllables:   be-night-ed
How to pronounce benighted:   bih-nahy-tid
How to say benighted:

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What rhymes with benighted

1 syllable
  • white
    2 syllables
    • blighted
    • knighted
    • righted
    • sited
    • whited
    • cited
    • lighted
    • sighted
    • slighted
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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