Hyphenation of lightens

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

light-ens

Definitions of lightens:

1.	Make more cheerful The conversation lightened me up a bit
2.	Reduce the weight on Make lighter She lightened the load on the tired donkey
3.	Become more cheerful After a glass of wine
4.	He lightened up a bit
5.	Make lighter or brighter The paint will brighten the room
6.	Become lighter The room lightened up
7.	Alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive Relieve the pressure and the stress Lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents

Last hyphenations of this language

arius ethylation splendid tagish maltiness wheeple minienize lustinesses philohellenian rangership Ultra-neptunian Piperales mnioid caffeines aliquippa Bielersee hyper- amelus arrivistes

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.