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pugnacious

How many syllables in pugnacious?

  3 syllables

Divide pugnacious into syllables:   pug-na-cious
Stressed syllable in pugnacious:   pug-na-cious
How to pronounce pugnacious:   puhg-ney-shus
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      What rhymes with pugnacious

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