Hyphenation of delayed

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word delayed? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

de-layed

Definitions of delayed:

1.	Not as far along as normal in development

Synonyms of delayed:

adj	delayed, abeyant, inactive, in abeyance, suspended, delayed-action, deferred, postponed, held up, slow
adj	retarded

Last hyphenations of this language

gimlets carver penury jugsful aplanatic good infringe indoctrinate granatite squalling elevator declension prochondral inactivity melancholy tweed tether normality cymbal

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.