Hyphenation of piteous

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

piteous

Definitions of piteous:

1.	Deserving or inciting pity A hapless victim Miserable victims of war The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic- Galsworthy Piteous appeals for help Pitiable homeless children A pitiful fate Oh
2.	You poor thing His poor distorted limbs A wretched life

Synonyms of piteous:

adj	hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched, unfortunate

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.