Hyphenation of backhanded

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

back-hand-ed

Definitions of backhanded:

1.	(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
2.	Roundabout or ambiguous Attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity A backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal

Synonyms of backhanded:

adj	backhand
adj	indirect

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.