Hyphenation of painful

Are you trying to hyphenate painful? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

painful

Definitions of painful:

1.	Causing physical or psychological pain Worked with painful slowness
2.	Causing misery or pain or distress It was a sore trial to him The painful process of growing up
3.	Exceptionally bad or displeasing Atrocious taste Abominable workmanship An awful voice Dreadful manners A painful performance Terrible handwriting An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
4.	Causing physical discomfort Bites of black flies are more than irritating They can be very painful

Synonyms of painful:

adj	painful, aching, achy, agonized, agonised, agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome, burning, chafed, galled, poignant, racking, wrenching, saddle-sore, sensitive, sore, tender, smarting, traumatic, biting, bitter, prickling, stinging, tingling, harmful, inhumane, prickling, stinging, tingling
adj	afflictive, sore, unpleasant
adj	atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable, bad
adj	irritating, uncomfortable

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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.