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biting

How many syllables in biting?

  2 syllables

Divide biting into syllables:   bit-ing
Stressed syllable in biting:   bit-ing
How to pronounce biting:   bahy-ting
How to say biting:

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Synonyms for biting


1 syllable
  • bleak
  • raw
  • Strong
  • keen
  • sharp
  • tart
2 syllables
  • acrid
  • bitter
  • cruel
  • freezing
  • mocking
  • piercing
  • scathing
  • stinging
  • wounding
  • arctic
  • caustic
  • cutting
  • glacial
  • mordant
  • pungent
  • scornful
  • trenchant
3 syllables
  • astringent
  • derisive
  • very cold
4 syllables
    5 syllables
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      What rhymes with biting

      2 syllables
      • citing
      • flyting
      • lighting
      • siting
      • whiting
      • fighting
      • kiting
      • sighting
      • slighting
      • writing
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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