Hyphenation of vicious

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

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Definitions of vicious :

1.	(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering A barbarous crime Brutal beatings Cruel tortures Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks A savage slap Vicious kicks
2.	Having the nature of vice
3.	Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure A criminal waste of talent A deplorable act of violence Adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
4.	Marked by deep ill will Deliberately harmful Poisonous hate Venomous criticism Vicious gossip

Synonyms of vicious :

adj	barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, inhumane
adj	depraved, evil, wicked
adj	poisonous, venomous, malevolent, malicious

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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.