Hyphenation of discerning

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

dis-cern-ing

Definitions of discerning:

1.	Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment A discerning critic A discerning reader
2.	Unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic A discerning editor A discreet silence
3.	Quick to understand A kind and apprehensive friend- Nathaniel Hawthorne
4.	Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety Sensitive Discerning taste A discerning eye for color

Synonyms of discerning:

adj	discerning, clear, percipient, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, perspicacious, prescient, critical, discriminating
adj	discreet, tactful
adj	apprehensive, perceptive
adj	discriminating

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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