Hyphenation of grievous

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

griev-ous

Definitions of grievous:

1.	Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm A dangerous operation A grave situation A grave illness Grievous bodily harm A serious wound A serious turn of events A severe case of pneumonia A life-threatening disease
2.	Causing or marked by grief or anguish A grievous loss A grievous cry Her sigh was heartbreaking The heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
3.	Of great gravity or crucial import Requiring serious thought Grave responsibilities Faced a grave decision in a time of crisis A grievous fault Heavy matters of state The weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
4.	Shockingly brutal or cruel Murder is an atrocious crime A grievous offense against morality A grievous crime No excess was too monstrous for them to commit

Synonyms of grievous:

adj	dangerous, grave, serious, severe, life-threatening, critical
adj	heartbreaking, heartrending, sorrowful
adj	grave, heavy, weighty, important, of import
adj	atrocious, flagitious, heinous, monstrous, evil, wicked

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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.