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defeating

How many syllables in defeating?

  3 syllables

Divide defeating into syllables:   de-feat-ing
How to say defeating:

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What rhymes with defeating

2 syllables
  • beating
  • eating
  • fleeting
  • heating
  • meting
  • sheeting
  • treating
  • cheating
  • eatings
  • greeting
  • meeting
  • seating
  • sweeting
3 syllables
4 syllables
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