Hyphenation of shortened

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

short-ened

Definitions of shortened:

1.	Cut short A sawed-off shotgun A sawed-off broomstick The shortened rope was easier to use
2.	Cut short in duration The abbreviated speech Her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking An unsatisfactory truncated conversation
3.	Shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another A miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars Years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream
4.	With parts removed The drastically cut film

Synonyms of shortened:

adj	sawed-off, sawn-off, short
adj	abbreviated, truncated, short
adj	telescoped, short, short
adj	cut, abridged

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.