Hyphenation of DISTRESS

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

DIS-TRESS

Definitions of DISTRESS:

1.	Psychological suffering The death of his wife caused him great distress
2.	A state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) A ship in distress She was the classic maiden in distress
3.	Extreme physical pain The patient appeared to be in distress
4.	The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien
5.	Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
6.	Cause mental pain to The news of her child's illness distressed the mother

Synonyms of DISTRESS:

noun	hurt, suffering, pain, painfulness
noun	adversity, hardship, hard knocks
noun	pain, hurting
noun	distraint, seizure
verb	disturb, upset, trouble

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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.