Hyphenation of smothered

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

smoth-ered

Definitions of smothered :

1.	Held in check with difficulty A smothered cough A stifled yawn A strangled scream Suppressed laughter
2.	Completely covered Bonnets smothered with flowers Smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy

Synonyms of smothered :

adj	stifled, strangled, suppressed, inhibited
adj	covered

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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.