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despise

How many syllables in despise?

  729658431 syllables

Divide despise into syllables:   de-spise
Stressed syllable in despise:   de-spise
How to pronounce despise:   dih-spahyz
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Synonyms for despise


1 syllable
  • loathe
  • spurn
2 syllables
  • abhor
  • disdain
  • detest
  • revile
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What rhymes with despise

1 syllable
  • ayes
  • buys
  • crise
  • dries
  • eyes
  • fries
  • guise
  • guys
  • I's
  • lies
  • nies
  • plies
  • prize
  • rise
  • sighs
  • skies
  • spies
  • thighs
  • tries
  • why's
  • wise
  • bise
  • cries
  • dies
  • dyes
  • flies
  • grise
  • guy's
  • highs
  • ise
  • mize
  • pies
  • pries
  • ries
  • shies
  • size
  • sky's
  • spif
  • ties
  • vies
  • whys
  • Y's
2 syllables
  • abscise
  • AIs
  • applies
  • apprize
  • arised
  • baptize
  • capsize
  • clockwise
  • complies
  • crabwise
  • decries
  • demise
  • devise
  • disprize
  • earthrise
  • emprise
  • fanwise
  • full-size
  • grecize
  • high-rise
  • incise
  • july's
  • leastwise
  • Levi's
  • likewise
  • man-size
  • midsize
  • moonrise
  • outsize
  • pint-size
  • premise
  • queen-size
  • remise
  • reprise
  • rightsize
  • shiest
  • sunrise
  • suppling
  • surmise
  • unties
  • uprise
  • advise
  • allies
  • apprise
  • arise
  • assize
  • belies
  • chastise
  • cognize
  • comprise
  • crosswise
  • defies
  • denies
  • disguise
  • downsize
  • edgewise
  • endwise
  • franchise
  • goodbyes
  • guydom
  • implies
  • julies
  • king-size
  • lengthwise
  • life-size
  • Lise
  • Marseilles
  • misprize
  • nowise
  • piecewise
  • pliform
  • quantize
  • relies
  • replies
  • revise
  • risen
  • streetwise
  • supplies
  • supply's
  • surprise
  • unwise
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