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contentious

How many syllables in contentious?

  3 syllables

Divide contentious into syllables:   con-ten-tious
Stressed syllable in contentious:   con-ten-tious
How to pronounce contentious:   kun-ten-shus
How to say contentious:

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    What rhymes with contentious

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