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pretentiousness

How many syllables in pretentiousness?

  4 syllables

Divide pretentiousness into syllables:   pre-ten-tious-ness
Stressed syllable in pretentiousness:   pre-ten-tious-ness
How to say pretentiousness:

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Synonyms for pretentiousness


1 syllable
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    2 syllables
    • bombast
    • pretense
    • posing
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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