Hyphenation of stiffness

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

stiff-ness

Definitions of stiffness:

1.	The physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
2.	The property of moving with pain or difficulty He awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck
3.	Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action A charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity
4.	The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
5.	Excessive sternness Severity of character The harshness of his punishment was inhuman The rigors of boot camp

Synonyms of stiffness:

noun	inelasticity
noun	awkwardness, clumsiness
noun	awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, inelegance
noun	severity, harshness, rigor, rigour, inclemency, hardness, sternness, strictness

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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.