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threaten

How many syllables in threaten?

  2 syllables

Divide threaten into syllables:   threat-en
Stressed syllable in threaten:   threat-en
How to pronounce threaten:   thret-n
How to say threaten:

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Synonyms for threaten


1 syllable
  • brew
  • loom
2 syllables
  • bluster
  • menace
  • subvert
  • browbeat
  • portend
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with threaten

2 syllables
  • Breton
  • second
  • jetton
3 syllables
  • Tibetan
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