Hyphenation of attaint

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

at-taint

Definitions of attaint:

1.	Bring shame or dishonor upon He dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
2.	Condemn by attainder The man was attainted

Synonyms of attaint:

verb	dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, shame
verb	condemn

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.