Hyphenation of stiffen

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

stiff-en

Definitions of stiffen:

1.	Become stiff or stiffer He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room
2.	Make stiff or stiffer Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine
3.	Restrict Tighten the rules Stiffen the regulations

Synonyms of stiffen:

verb	change
verb	change, alter, modify
verb	tighten, tighten up, constrain, restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

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.