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nefarious

How many syllables in nefarious?

  4 syllables

Divide nefarious into syllables:   ne-far-i-ous
How to pronounce nefarious:   ni-fair-ee-us
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Synonyms for nefarious


2 syllables
  • evil
  • wicked
3 syllables
  • immoral
    4 syllables
      5 syllables
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      What rhymes with nefarious

      3 syllables
      • various
        4 syllables
        5 syllables
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