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torture

How many syllables in torture?

  2 syllables

Divide torture into syllables:   tor-ture
Stressed syllable in torture:   tor-ture
How to pronounce torture:   tawr-cher
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Synonyms for torture


1 syllable
  • he'll
  • pain
  • hell
2 syllables
  • torment
    3 syllables
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      What rhymes with torture

      2 syllables
      • orchard
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