Hyphenation of threatening

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word threatening? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

threat-en-ing

Definitions of threatening:

1.	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments A baleful look Forbidding thunderclouds His tone became menacing Ominous rumblings of discontent Sinister storm clouds A sinister smile His threatening behavior Ugly black clouds The situation became ugly
2.	Darkened by clouds A heavy sky

Synonyms of threatening:

adj	baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, ugly, alarming
adj	heavy, lowering, sullen, cloudy

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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.