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bereft

How many syllables in bereft?

  2 syllables

Divide bereft into syllables:   be-reft
Stressed syllable in bereft:   be-reft
How to pronounce bereft:   bih-reft
How to say bereft:

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What rhymes with bereft

1 syllable
  • cleft
  • heft
  • deft
  • left
2 syllables
3 syllables
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