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paltry

How many syllables in paltry?

  215349768 syllables

Divide paltry into syllables:   pal-try
Stressed syllable in paltry:   pal-try
How to pronounce paltry:   pawl-tree
How to say paltry:

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Synonyms for paltry


1 syllable
  • base
  • mean
  • low
  • poor
2 syllables
  • meager
  • petty
  • puny
  • trifling
  • wretched
  • measly
  • piddling
  • squalid
  • worthless
3 syllables
  • miserly
  • trivial
  • pitiful
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with paltry

    3 syllables
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