Hyphenation of onerous

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

oner-ous

Definitions of onerous:

1.	Not easily borne Wearing The burdensome task of preparing the income tax return My duties weren't onerous I only had to greet the guests A taxing schedule

Synonyms of onerous:

adj	burdensome, taxing, heavy

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.