Hyphenation of quieten

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

qui-eten

Definitions of quieten:

1.	Become quiet or quieter The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
2.	Make calm or still Quiet the dragons of worry and fear
3.	Cause to be quiet or not talk Please silence the children in the church!

Synonyms of quieten:

verb	hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down, change intensity
verb	calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, lull, still, comfort, soothe, console, solace
verb	hush, silence, still, shut up, hush up, suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

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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.