Hyphenation of fearful

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

fear-ful

Definitions of fearful:

1.	Experiencing or showing fear A fearful glance Fearful of criticism
2.	Causing fear or dread or terror The awful war An awful risk Dire news A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked The dread presence of the headmaster Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was A dreadful storm A fearful howling Horrendous explosions shook the city A terrible curse
3.	Lacking courage Ignobly timid and faint-hearted Cowardly dogs
4.	Ye will not aid me then- P.B.Shelley
5.	Extremely distressing Fearful slum conditions A frightful mistake
6.	Timid by nature or revealing timidity Timorous little mouse In a timorous tone Cast fearful glances at the large dog

Synonyms of fearful:

adj	awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, alarming
adj	cowardly, caitiff, chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied, dastard, dastardly, faint, fainthearted, timid, funky, poltroon, pusillanimous, poor-spirited, unmanly, craven, recreant, afraid, ignoble, timid
adj	frightful, terrible, bad
adj	timorous, trepid, timid
adj	afraid

Last hyphenations of this language

tambura reclasp siffleuse talking-tos nonphenomenally phylloideous pitmark monoenergetic talipes endovaccination counterexample uncertifying takings cheerless corium takes triferous lifeblood unsheathing

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.