Hyphenation of ordeal

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

or-deal

Definitions of ordeal:

1.	A severe or trying experience
2.	A primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control Escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence

Synonyms of ordeal:

noun	experience
noun	trial by ordeal, trial

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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.