Hyphenation of selfish

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

self-ish

Definitions of selfish:

1.	Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights- Maria Weston Chapman

Synonyms of selfish:

adj	selfish, egotistic, egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving, self-serving, self-seeking, stingy, ungenerous, egoistic, inconsiderate, stingy, ungenerous

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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.