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busybody

How many syllables in busybody?

  4 syllables

Divide busybody into syllables:   bus-y-bod-y
Primary syllable stress:   bus-y-bod-y
Secondary syllable stress:   bus-y-bod-y
How to pronounce busybody:   biz-ee-bod-ee
How to say busybody:

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What rhymes with busybody

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