Hyphenation of litotes

Are you trying to hyphenate litotes? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

litotes

Definitions of litotes:

1.	Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) Saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes

Synonyms of litotes:

noun	meiosis, rhetorical device, understatement

Last hyphenations of this language

courge alexandrinus mouthier upcutting Barton great-grandparent anticrisis hard-won neophytes whelan stoked scarborough conversations pleadings riggot batboys cithaeron overthrew molds

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.