Hyphenation of afflict

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

af-flict

Definitions of afflict:

1.	Cause great unhappiness for Distress She was afflicted by the death of her parents
2.	Cause physical pain or suffering in Afflict with the plague

Synonyms of afflict:

verb	upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
verb	smite, damage
verb	trouble, ail, pain, hurt

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.