Hyphenation of anxiety

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word anxiety? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

anx-i-ety

Definitions of anxiety:

1.	(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
2.	A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

Synonyms of anxiety:

noun	anxiousness, psychological state, mental state
noun	emotion

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.