Hyphenation of mortifying

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word mortifying? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

mor-ti-fy-ing

Definitions of mortifying:

1.	Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation The embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles It was mortifying to know he had heard every word
2.	Causing awareness of your shortcomings Golf is a humbling game

Synonyms of mortifying:

adj	embarrassing, unpleasant
adj	demeaning, humbling, humiliating, undignified

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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.