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backhanded

How many syllables in backhanded?

  3 syllables

Divide backhanded into syllables:   back-hand-ed
Primary syllable stress:   back-hand-ed
Secondary syllable stress:   back-hand-ed
How to pronounce backhanded:   bak-han-did
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Synonyms for backhanded


1 syllable
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    What rhymes with backhanded

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