Hyphenation of enlightening

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word enlightening? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

en-light-en-ing

Definitions of enlightening:

1.	Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance An enlightening glimpse of government in action An illuminating lecture
2.	Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement The paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read

Synonyms of enlightening:

adj	enlightening, informative, instructive
adj	edifying
adj	illuminating

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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.