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detest

How many syllables in detest?

  2 syllables

Divide detest into syllables:   de-test
Stressed syllable in detest:   de-test
How to pronounce detest:   dih-test
How to say detest:

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Synonyms for detest


1 syllable
  • hate
  • loathe
2 syllables
  • abhor
  • dislike
  • despise
4 syllables
    5 syllables
    • dislike intensely
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      What rhymes with detest

      1 syllable
      • best
      • blest
      • Brest
      • crest
      • fessed
      • gest
      • guest
      • lest
      • mest
      • pest
      • prest
      • rest
      • test
      • vest
      • wrest
      • blessed
      • breast
      • chest
      • dressed
      • fest
      • guessed
      • jest
      • messed
      • nest
      • pressed
      • quest
      • stressed
      • trest
      • west
      2 syllables
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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