despairing

How many syllables in despairing?

  3 syllables

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

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Synonyms for despairing


1 syllable
  • bleak
  • pained
2 syllables
  • depressed
  • weary
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with despairing

    2 syllables
    • airing
    • bearing
    • Bering
    • caring
    • daring
    • erring
    • glaring
    • herring
    • paring
    • sharing
    • sparing
    • staring
    • tearing
    • wearing
    • baring
    • Behring
    • blaring
    • chairing
    • derring
    • flaring
    • haring
    • pairing
    • scaring
    • snaring
    • squaring
    • swearing
    • waring
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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