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detestable

How many syllables in detestable?

  4 syllables

Divide detestable into syllables:   de-test-a-ble
Stressed syllable in detestable:   de-test-a-ble
How to pronounce detestable:   dih-tes-tuh-bull
How to say detestable:

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      What rhymes with detestable

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