Hyphenation of uppity

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

up-pi-ty

Definitions of uppity:

1.	Presumptuously arrogant Had a witty but overweening manner No idea how overweening he would be- S.V.Benet Getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down- NY Times

Synonyms of uppity:

adj	overweening, immodest

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.