Hyphenation of piercing

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

pierc-ing

Definitions of piercing:

1.	Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions An acute observer of politics and politicians Incisive comments Icy knifelike reasoning As sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang Penetrating insight Frequent penetrative observations
2.	Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument A cutting wind Keen winds Knifelike cold Piercing knifelike pains Piercing cold Piercing criticism A stabbing pain Lancinating pain

Synonyms of piercing:

adj	acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, sharp, perceptive
adj	shrill, sharp, high, high-pitched
adj	cutting, keen, knifelike, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating, sharp
adj	incisive, sharp
adj	cacophonous, cacophonic

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.