Hyphenation of insult

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

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Definitions of insult:

1.	A rude expression intended to offend or hurt When a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse They yelled insults at the visiting team
2.	A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect Turning his back on me was a deliberate insult
3.	Treat, mention, or speak to rudely He insulted her with his rude remarks The student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone

Synonyms of insult:

noun	abuse, revilement, contumely, vilification, disrespect, discourtesy
noun	affront, discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
verb	diss, affront, hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite

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.