Hyphenation of expletive

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

ex-ple-tive

Definitions of expletive:

1.	Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger Expletives were deleted
2.	A word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

Synonyms of expletive:

noun	curse, curse word, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss, profanity
noun	utterance, vocalization

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.