Hyphenation of abstruse

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

ab-struse

Definitions of abstruse:

1.	Difficult to penetrate Incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge The professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them A deep metaphysical theory Some recondite problem in historiography

Synonyms of abstruse:

adj	deep, recondite, esoteric

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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.