Hyphenation of awful

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

aw-ful

Definitions of awful:

1.	Exceptionally bad or displeasing Atrocious taste Abominable workmanship An awful voice Dreadful manners A painful performance Terrible handwriting An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
2.	Causing fear or dread or terror The awful war An awful risk Dire news A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked The dread presence of the headmaster Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was A dreadful storm A fearful howling Horrendous explosions shook the city A terrible curse
3.	Offensive or even (of persons) malicious In a nasty mood A nasty accident A nasty shock A nasty smell A nasty trick to pull Will he say nasty things at my funeral?- Ezra Pound
4.	Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence Awed by the silence Awful worshippers with bowed heads
5.	Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact In a frightful hurry Spent a frightful amount of money
6.	Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder New York is an amazing city The Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight The awesome complexity of the universe This sea
7.	Whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath- Melville Westminster Hall's awing majesty
8.	So vast
9.	So high
10.	So silent
11.	Used as intensifiers Terribly interesting I'm awful sorry

Synonyms of awful:

adj	atrocious, abominable, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, bad
adj	dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, alarming
adj	nasty, dirty, filthy, lousy, grotty, hateful, mean, unpleasant, unpleasant
adj	awed, reverent
adj	amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing, impressive
adv	terribly, awfully, frightfully

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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.