Hyphenation of envious

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

en-vi-ous

Definitions of envious:

1.	Showing extreme cupidity Painfully desirous of another's advantages He was never covetous before he met her Jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions Envious of their art collection

Synonyms of envious:

adj	covetous, jealous, desirous

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.