Hyphenation of arduous

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

ar-du-ous

Definitions of arduous:

1.	Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion Especially physical effort Worked their arduous way up the mining valley A grueling campaign Hard labor Heavy work Heavy going Spent many laborious hours on the project Set a punishing pace
2.	Taxing to the utmost Testing powers of endurance His final
3.	Straining burst of speed A strenuous task Your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here- F.D.Roosevelt
4.	Difficult to accomplish Demanding considerable mental effort and skill The arduous work of preparing a dictionary

Synonyms of arduous:

adj	backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome, effortful
adj	straining, strenuous, effortful
adj	difficult, 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.