Hyphenation of overawes

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

over-awes

Definitions of overawes:

1.	Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe Frighten (as with threats)

Last hyphenations of this language

crop-sick naturopathy -cracy modernizable Glaspell menan mediastine diminishable Watchung lushei unhurried bedpad glossodynia lacinulose skull-crowned intimae doruck socky toad-eater

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.