Hyphenation of dangerous

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

dan-ger-ous

Definitions of dangerous:

1.	Involving or causing danger or risk Liable to hurt or harm A dangerous criminal A dangerous bridge Unemployment reached dangerous proportions
2.	Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm A dangerous operation A grave situation A grave illness Grievous bodily harm A serious wound A serious turn of events A severe case of pneumonia A life-threatening disease

Synonyms of dangerous:

adj	dangerous, unsafe, breakneck, chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy, desperate, harmful, hazardous, risky, venturesome, venturous, insidious, mordacious, on the hook, parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go, self-destructive, suicidal, treacherous, unreliable, insecure, unsafe, vulnerable
adj	grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening, critical

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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.