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cunning

How many syllables in cunning?

  2 syllables

Divide cunning into syllables:   cun-ning
Stressed syllable in cunning:   cun-ning
How to pronounce cunning:   kun-ing
How to say cunning:

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Synonyms for cunning


1 syllable
  • craft
  • shrewd
  • guile
  • sly
2 syllables
  • archness
  • clever
  • foxy
  • slyness
  • wily
  • artful
  • crafty
  • guileful
  • subtle
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
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    What rhymes with cunning

    1 syllable
    • bunns
      2 syllables
      • bunning
      • gunning
      • shunning
      • dunning
      • running
      • stunning
      3 syllables
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