Hyphenation of petrified

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word petrified? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pet-ri-fied

Definitions of petrified:

1.	Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned The horror petrified his feelings Fear petrified her thinking
2.	Change into stone The wood petrified with time
3.	Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern Rigidify the training schedule Ossified teaching methods Slogans petrify our thinking

Synonyms of petrified:

adj	hard
adj	mineralized, mineral
adj	numb, afraid

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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.