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dissuasive

How many syllables in dissuasive?

  3 syllables

Divide dissuasive into syllables:   dis-sua-sive
Stressed syllable in dissuasive:   dis-sua-sive
How to pronounce dissuasive:   dih-swey-siv
How to say dissuasive:

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