cantankerous

How many syllables in cantankerous?

  4 syllables

Divide cantankerous into syllables:   can-tan-ker-ous
Stressed syllable in cantankerous:   can-tan-ker-ous
How to pronounce cantankerous:   kan-tang-ker-us
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