Hyphenation of handsome

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

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Definitions of handsome:

1.	Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion A fine-looking woman A good-looking man Better-looking than her sister Very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome- Thackeray Our southern women are well-favored- Lillian Hellman
2.	Given or giving freely Was a big tipper The bounteous goodness of God Bountiful compliments A freehanded host A handsome allowance Saturday's child is loving and giving A liberal backer of the arts A munificent gift Her fond and openhanded grandfather

Synonyms of handsome:

adj	fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, well-favored, well-favoured, beautiful
adj	big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded, generous

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.