Hyphenation of excessive

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

ex-ces-sive

Definitions of excessive:

1.	Beyond normal limits Excessive charges A book of inordinate length His dress stops just short of undue elegance Unreasonable demands
2.	Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings Extravagant praise Exuberant compliments Overweening ambition Overweening greed

Synonyms of excessive:

adj	inordinate, undue, unreasonable, immoderate
adj	extravagant, exuberant, overweening, unrestrained

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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.