Hyphenation of deceitful

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

de-ceit-ful

Definitions of deceitful:

1.	Intended to deceive Deceitful advertising Fallacious testimony Smooth
2.	Shining
3.	And deceitful as thin ice - S.T.Coleridge A fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
4.	Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another She was a deceitful scheming little thing- Israel Zangwill A double-dealing double agent A double-faced infernal traitor and schemer- W.M.Thackeray

Synonyms of deceitful:

adj	fallacious, fraudulent, dishonest, dishonorable
adj	ambidextrous, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued, dishonest, dishonorable

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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.