Hyphenation of cumbersome

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

cum-ber-some

Definitions of cumbersome:

1.	Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight A cumbersome piece of machinery Cumbrous protective clothing
2.	Not elegant or graceful in expression An awkward prose style A clumsy apology His cumbersome writing style If the rumor is true
3.	Can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?

Synonyms of cumbersome:

adj	cumbrous, unwieldy, unmanageable
adj	awkward, clumsy, inapt, inept, ill-chosen, infelicitous

Last hyphenations of this language

backcloth anteroom Sarpedon Marconi bombproof listenership nystatin ill-assorted Livingston adjudicator cabbalist offensives jetting youth atavist seventy-five ill-matched Canterbury counteraction

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.