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punishment

How many syllables in punishment?

  3 syllables

Divide punishment into syllables:   pun-ish-ment
Stressed syllable in punishment:   pun-ish-ment
How to pronounce punishment:   pun-ish-ment
How to say punishment:

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Synonyms for punishment


1 syllable
  • fine
    2 syllables
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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