Hyphenation of distressful

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

dis-tress-ful

Definitions of distressful:

1.	Causing distress or worry or anxiety Distressing (or disturbing) news Lived in heroic if something distressful isolation A disturbing amount of crime A revelation that was most perturbing A new and troubling thought In a particularly worrisome predicament A worrying situation A worrying time

Synonyms of distressful:

adj	distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying, heavy

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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.