overbearing

How many syllables in overbearing?

  4 syllables

Divide overbearing into syllables:   o-ver-bear-ing
Primary syllable stress:   o-ver-bear-ing
Secondary syllable stress:   o-ver-bear-ing
How to pronounce overbearing:   oh-ver-bair-ing
How to say overbearing:

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2 syllables
  • airing
  • bearing
  • Bering
  • caring
  • daring
  • erring
  • glaring
  • herring
  • paring
  • sharing
  • sparing
  • staring
  • tearing
  • wearing
  • baring
  • Behring
  • blaring
  • chairing
  • derring
  • flaring
  • haring
  • pairing
  • scaring
  • snaring
  • squaring
  • swearing
  • waring
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