Hyphenation of controversial

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word controversial ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of controversial :

1.	Marked by or capable of arousing controversy The issue of the death penalty is highly controversial Rushdie's controversial book A controversial decision on affirmative action

Synonyms of controversial :

adj	controversial, arguable, debatable, disputable, moot, contentious, disputed, polemic, polemical

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.