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jealous

How many syllables in jealous?

  2 syllables

Divide jealous into syllables:   jeal-ous
Stressed syllable in jealous:   jeal-ous
How to pronounce jealous:   jel-us
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Synonyms for jealous


3 syllables
  • envious
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with jealous

    2 syllables
    • Bruxelles
    • Hellas
    • zealous
    • fellas
    • trellis
    4 syllables
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