Hyphenation of Upright

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

Up-right

Definitions of Upright:

1.
A vertical structural member as a post or stake
The ball sailed between the uprights
2.
A piano with a vertical sounding board
3.
In a vertical position
Not sloping An upright post
4.
Of moral excellence
A genuinely good person A just cause An upright and respectable man
5.
Upright in position or posture
An erect stature Erect flower stalks For a dog
6.
An erect tail indicates aggression
A column still vertical amid the ruins He sat bolt upright

Synonyms of Upright:

adj unsloped, vertical, perpendicular
adj good, just, virtuous, righteous
adj straight, unbent, unbowed, erect, vertical
adj standing
adj erect, vertical, erectile, fastigiate, orthostatic, passant, rampant, rearing, standing, stand-up, statant, straight, unbent, unbowed, straight-backed
noun vertical, structural member
nounupright piano, piano, pianoforte, forte-piano

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