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catastrophic

How many syllables in catastrophic?

  4 syllables

Divide catastrophic into syllables:   cat-a-stroph-ic
Primary syllable stress:   cat-a-stroph-ic
Secondary syllable stress:   cat-a-stroph-ic
How to pronounce catastrophic:   kat-uh-strof-ik
How to say catastrophic:

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    What rhymes with catastrophic

    4 syllables
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