Hyphenation of contortion

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

con-tor-tion

Definitions of contortion:

1.	The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
2.	A tortuous and twisted shape or position They built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs The acrobat performed incredible contortions

Synonyms of contortion:

noun	deformation, change of shape
noun	tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, crookedness, distorted shape, distortion

Last hyphenations of this language

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