Hyphenation of surprise

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

sur-prise

Definitions of surprise:

1.	The astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
2.	A sudden unexpected event
3.	The act of surprising someone
4.	Cause to be surprised The news really surprised me
5.	Come upon or take unawares She surprised the couple He surprised an interesting scene
6.	Attack by storm Attack suddenly

Synonyms of surprise:

noun	astonishment, amazement
noun	change, alteration, modification
noun	surprisal, disruption, perturbation
verb	affect, impress, move, strike
verb	act, move
verb	storm, attack, assail

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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.