despair

How many syllables in despair?

  2 syllables

Divide despair into syllables:   de-spair
Stressed syllable in despair:   de-spair
How to pronounce despair:   dih-spair
How to say despair:

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Synonyms for despair


1 syllable
  • gloom
  • woe
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
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1 syllable
  • aer
  • ayre
  • bear
  • blare
  • chair
  • clair
  • Clare
  • darr
  • Eyre
  • faire
  • fare
  • flair
  • gair
  • glare
  • haire
  • heir
  • Khmer
  • lare
  • mair
  • mare
  • ne'er
  • pare
  • rare
  • scare
  • share
  • spare
  • stair
  • swear
  • their
  • there
  • tuyere
  • wear
  • where
  • air
  • bare
  • blair
  • care
  • cher
  • Claire
  • dare
  • err
  • fair
  • faired
  • fer
  • flare
  • gare
  • hair
  • hare
  • Herr
  • lair
  • lehr
  • maire
  • mer
  • pair
  • pear
  • sare
  • serr
  • snare
  • square
  • stare
  • tear
  • theirn
  • they're
  • ware
  • werre
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