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deserving

How many syllables in deserving?

  3 syllables

Divide deserving into syllables:   de-serv-ing
Stressed syllable in deserving:   de-serv-ing
How to pronounce deserving:   dih-zur-ving
How to say deserving:

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Synonyms for deserving


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    What rhymes with deserving

    2 syllables
    • curving
    • Irving
    • Erving
    • serving
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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