Hyphenation of rueful

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

rue-ful

Definitions of rueful:

1.	Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Synonyms of rueful:

adj	contrite, remorseful, ruthful, sorry, penitent

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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.