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wistful

How many syllables in wistful?

  2 syllables

Divide wistful into syllables:   wist-ful
Stressed syllable in wistful:   wist-ful
How to pronounce wistful:   wist-full
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Synonyms for wistful


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    What rhymes with wistful

    2 syllables
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