self-satisfied

How many syllables in self-satisfied?

  4 syllables

Divide self-satisfied into syllables:   self-sat-is-fied
Primary syllable stress:   self-sat-is-fied
Secondary syllable stress:   self-sat-is-fied
How to say self-satisfied:

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