Hyphenation of ostentatious

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

os-ten-ta-tious

Definitions of ostentatious:

1.	Intended to attract notice and impress others An ostentatious sable coat
2.	(of a display) tawdry or vulgar

Synonyms of ostentatious:

adj	ostentatious, pretentious, flaunty, showy, splashy
adj	pretentious, kitsch, tasteless

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.