Hyphenation of reluctant

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

re-luc-tant

Definitions of reluctant:

1.	Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom A reluctant smile Loath to admit a mistake
2.	Disinclined to become involved They were usually reluctant to socialize Reluctant to help
3.	Not eager Foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways Fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him

Synonyms of reluctant:

adj	loath, loth, unwilling
adj	disinclined
adj	uneager

Last hyphenations of this language

hypodermous mandola double-tongued red-boled Taruntius slackerism hunt discountenancer odious Kiley vice-marred nonrestitution buttock's peacemakers belap ardith meritable themselves undertaught

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.