Hyphenation of rebellious

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

re-bel-lious

Definitions of rebellious:

1.	Resisting control or authority Temperamentally rebellious A rebellious crew
2.	Discontented as toward authority
3.	Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government The rebelling confederacy

Synonyms of rebellious:

adj	insubordinate
adj	disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, discontented, discontent
adj	rebel, rebelling, disloyal

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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.