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unkempt

How many syllables in unkempt?

  2 syllables

Divide unkempt into syllables:   un-kempt
Stressed syllable in unkempt:   un-kempt
How to pronounce unkempt:   un-kempt
How to say unkempt:

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Synonyms for unkempt


2 syllables
  • bristly
  • frowzy
  • messy
  • rumpled
  • shabby
  • straggly
  • tattered
  • uncombed
  • bushy
  • grungy
  • ragged
  • scruffy
  • shaggy
  • stubbly
  • tousled
3 syllables
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What rhymes with unkempt

2 syllables
  • attempt
  • exempt
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