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repressive

How many syllables in repressive?

  3 syllables

Divide repressive into syllables:   re-pres-sive
How to pronounce repressive:   ri-pres-iv
How to say repressive:

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Synonyms for repressive


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    What rhymes with repressive

    3 syllables
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