Hyphenation of righteous

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

right-eous

Definitions of righteous:

1.	Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice The...prayer of a righteous man availeth much- James 5:16
2.	Morally justified Righteous indignation

Synonyms of righteous:

adj	righteous, good, just, upright, virtuous, sound, good, innocent, guiltless, clean-handed, just, moral, virtuous, worthy
adj	moral

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.