Hyphenation of hanker

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

han-ker

Definitions of hanker:

1.	Desire strongly or persistently

Synonyms of hanker:

verb	long, yearn, desire, want

Last hyphenations of this language

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