Hyphenation of refrain

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

re-frain

Definitions of refrain:

1.	The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
2.	Resist doing something He refrained from hitting him back She could not forbear weeping
3.	Choose not to consume I abstain from alcohol

Synonyms of refrain:

noun	chorus, music
verb	forbear
verb	abstain, desist

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.