Hyphenation of nervous

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

ner-vous

Definitions of nervous:

1.	Easily agitated A nervous addict A nervous thoroughbred
2.	Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety Spent an anxious night waiting for the test results Cast anxious glances behind her Those nervous moments before takeoff An unquiet mind
3.	Of or relating to the nervous system Nervous disease Neural disorder
4.	Excited in anticipation
5.	Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Synonyms of nervous:

adj	tense
adj	anxious, uneasy, unquiet, troubled
adj	neural, system
adj	aflutter, excited
adj	skittish, spooky, excitable

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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.