Hyphenation of convulsive

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

con-vul-sive

Definitions of convulsive:

1.	Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions Resembling a spasm Convulsive motions His body made a spasmodic jerk Spastic movements
2.	Resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent A convulsive rage Convulsive laughter

Synonyms of convulsive:

adj	spasmodic, spastic, unsteady
adj	violent

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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.