Hyphenation of Cruel

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Cruel? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Cru-el

Definitions of Cruel:

1.	(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering A barbarous crime Brutal beatings Cruel tortures Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks A savage slap Vicious kicks

Synonyms of Cruel:

adj	unkind, heartless
adj	barbarous, brutal, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious, inhumane
adj	brutal, inhumane
adj	brutal, harsh, rigorous, unkind, hard

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.