Hyphenation of retiring

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word retiring? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

re-tir-ing

Definitions of retiring:

1.	Not arrogant or presuming Unassuming to a fault
2.	Skeptical about the value of his work A shy retiring girl
3.	Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office A retiring member of the board
4.	Reluctant to draw attention to yourself

Synonyms of retiring:

adj	unassertive, unobtrusive, unnoticeable
adj	receding, retreating
adj	unassuming, modest
adj	past, preceding, outgoing

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.