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decreased

How many syllables in decreased?

  2 syllables

Divide decreased into syllables:   de-creased
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What rhymes with decreased

1 syllable
  • beast
  • east
  • fleeced
  • leased
  • pieced
  • se
  • ceased
  • feast
  • greased
  • least
  • priest
2 syllables
  • deceased
  • NE
  • policed
  • southeast
  • increased
  • northeast
  • released
  • yeas
3 syllables
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