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ill-tempered

How many syllables in ill-tempered?

  3 syllables

Divide ill-tempered into syllables:   ill-tem-pered
Primary syllable stress:   ill-tem-pered
Secondary syllable stress:   ill-tem-pered
How to say ill-tempered:

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Synonyms for ill-tempered


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