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shocking

How many syllables in shocking?

  2 syllables

Divide shocking into syllables:   shock-ing
Stressed syllable in shocking:   shock-ing
How to pronounce shocking:   shok-ing
How to say shocking:

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Synonyms for shocking


1 syllable
  • bad
    2 syllables
    • grisly
    • heinous
    • monstrous
    • tabloid
    • gruesome
    • lurid
    • shameful
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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      What rhymes with shocking

      2 syllables
      • blocking
      • docking
      • Hocking
      • locking
      • rocking
      • socking
      • cocking
      • flocking
      • knocking
      • mocking
      • smocking
      • stocking
      3 syllables
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