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crying

How many syllables in crying?

  2 syllables

Divide crying into syllables:   cry-ing
Stressed syllable in crying:   cry-ing
How to pronounce crying:   krahy-ing
How to say crying:

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Synonyms for crying


2 syllables
  • bawling
  • lament
  • tearful
  • weeping
  • howling
  • sobbing
  • wailing
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with crying

      2 syllables
      • buying
      • dyeing
      • eyeing
      • flying
      • guying
      • plying
      • shying
      • spying
      • trying
      • drying
      • dying
      • eying
      • frying
      • lying
      • prying
      • sighing
      • tieing
      • tying
      3 syllables
      • allying
      • belying
      • complying
      • defying
      • implying
      • relyric
      • retrying
      • undying
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
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