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forbidding

How many syllables in forbidding?

  3 syllables

Divide forbidding into syllables:   for-bid-ding
Stressed syllable in forbidding:   for-bid-ding
How to say forbidding:

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Synonyms for forbidding


1 syllable
  • grave
  • stern
2 syllables
  • frigid
  • scary
3 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with forbidding

    2 syllables
    • bidding
    • kidding
    • biddings
    • ridding
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