Hyphenation of yenta

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

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Definitions of yenta:

1.	(Yiddish) a vulgar shrew A shallow coarse termagant
2.	(Yiddish) a woman who talks too much A gossip unable to keep a secret A woman who spreads rumors and scandal

Synonyms of yenta:

noun	shrew, termagant
noun	gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger

Last hyphenations of this language

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