Hyphenation of duteous

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

du-teous

Definitions of duteous:

1.	Willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect A dutiful child A dutiful citizen Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife

Synonyms of duteous:

adj	dutiful, obedient

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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