Hyphenation of flourish

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

flour-ish

Definitions of flourish:

1.	A showy gesture She entered with a great flourish
2.	An ornamental embellishment in writing
3.	A display of ornamental speech or language
4.	The act of waving
5.	(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments He entered to a flourish of trumpets Her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare
6.	Grow vigorously The deer population in this town is thriving Business is booming
7.	Make steady progress Be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance The new student is thriving
8.	Move or swing back and forth She waved her gun

Synonyms of flourish:

noun	gesture, motion
noun	embellishment
noun	grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric
noun	brandish, wave, waving, wafture
noun	fanfare, tucket, tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
verb	boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, expand, grow
verb	thrive, prosper, fly high, change state, turn
verb	brandish, wave, move, displace

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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.