Hyphenation of genteel

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

gen-teel

Definitions of genteel:

1.	Marked by refinement in taste and manners Cultivated speech Cultured Bostonians Cultured tastes A genteel old lady Polite society

Synonyms of genteel:

adj	civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, polite, refined

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.