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disdain

How many syllables in disdain?

  2 syllables

Divide disdain into syllables:   dis-dain
Stressed syllable in disdain:   dis-dain
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Synonyms for disdain


1 syllable
  • scorn
  • spurn
2 syllables
  • archness
  • deride
  • eschew
  • contempt
  • despise
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • condescension
  • hold in contempt
5 syllables
  • turn your nose up at
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    What rhymes with disdain

    1 syllable
    • bain
    • blain
    • brain
    • cane
    • crain
    • dain
    • deign
    • draine
    • fain
    • feign
    • frayne
    • grain
    • hain
    • heyne
    • Jane
    • kane
    • laine
    • layne
    • main
    • mane
    • pain
    • pane
    • plane
    • reign
    • sain
    • saned
    • slain
    • Spain
    • stain
    • swain
    • train
    • vain
    • vein
    • wane
    • bane
    • blains
    • cain
    • chain
    • crane
    • Dane
    • drain
    • dwayne
    • fane
    • frayn
    • gain
    • grein
    • hayne
    • Jain
    • kain
    • lain
    • lane
    • ln
    • Maine
    • mane's
    • Paine
    • plain
    • rain
    • rein
    • sane
    • Shane
    • slane
    • sprain
    • strain
    • thane
    • Twain
    • vane
    • wain
    • Wayne
    2 syllables
    • abstain
    • aine
    • airplane
    • alane
    • arcane
    • attain
    • Bassein
    • biplane
    • block plane
    • boat train
    • bugbane
    • campaign
    • champaign
    • checkrein
    • chilblain
    • chow mein
    • cocaine
    • Coltrane
    • constrain
    • cordwain
    • coxswain
    • delaine
    • demal
    • deplane
    • detain
    • devein
    • distrain
    • domain
    • duane
    • edge-grain
    • emplane
    • engrain
    • entrain
    • explain
    • fast lane
    • floatplane
    • food chain
    • Fort Wayne
    • Gawain
    • Germaine
    • Great Dane
    • half plane
    • hindbrain
    • humane
    • Igraine
    • inane
    • insane
    • Jermaine
    • lamebrain
    • left brain
    • lo mein
    • Lorraine
    • marchpane
    • methane
    • migraine
    • montane
    • mortmain
    • mundane
    • obtain
    • ordain
    • plain-Jane
    • propane
    • purslane
    • raise Cain
    • regain
    • restrain
    • retrain
    • Rogaine
    • sailplane
    • sea-lane
    • seatrain
    • Spokane
    • tailplane
    • terrain
    • terrane
    • towplane
    • Ukraine
    • urbane
    • vervain
    • villein
    • warplane
    • wolfsbane
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    4 syllables
    5 syllables
    6 syllables
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