Hyphenation of devouring

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

de-vour-ing

Definitions of devouring :

1.	(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous Avid for adventure An avid ambition to succeed Fierce devouring affection The esurient eyes of an avid curiosity Greedy for fame

Synonyms of devouring :

adj	avid, esurient, greedy, desirous

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.