Hyphenation of contrite

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

con-trite

Definitions of contrite:

1.	Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Synonyms of contrite:

adj	remorseful, rueful, ruthful, sorry, penitent
adj	apologetic, excusatory

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.