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lamentation

How many syllables in lamentation?

  4 syllables

Divide lamentation into syllables:   lam-en-ta-tion
Primary syllable stress:   lam-en-ta-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   lam-en-ta-tion
How to pronounce lamentation:   lam-un-tey-shun
How to say lamentation:

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Synonyms for lamentation


1 syllable
  • dirge
    2 syllables
    • crying
    • lament
    • howling
    • weeping
    5 syllables
    • expression of grief
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      What rhymes with lamentation

      3 syllables
        4 syllables
        5 syllables
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