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curmudgeon

How many syllables in curmudgeon?

  3 syllables

Divide curmudgeon into syllables:   cur-mudg-eon
Stressed syllable in curmudgeon:   cur-mudg-eon
How to pronounce curmudgeon:   ker-muhj-un
How to say curmudgeon:

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