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detrimental

How many syllables in detrimental?

  4 syllables

Divide detrimental into syllables:   det-ri-men-tal
Primary syllable stress:   det-ri-men-tal
Secondary syllable stress:   det-ri-men-tal
How to pronounce detrimental:   de-truh-men-tl
How to say detrimental:

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Synonyms for detrimental


2 syllables
  • harmful
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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    What rhymes with detrimental

    1 syllable
    • when'll
      2 syllables
      • dental
      • gentle
      • kennell
      • mental
      • rental
      • fennel
      • kennel
      • lentil
      • phenol
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
      6 syllables
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