Hyphenation of staring

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

star-ing

Definitions of staring:

1.	(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder Staring eyes
2.	Without qualification Used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers An arrant fool A complete coward A consummate fool A double-dyed villain Gross negligence A perfect idiot Pure folly What a sodding mess Stark staring mad A thoroughgoing villain Utter nonsense The unadulterated truth

Synonyms of staring:

adj	agaze, open, opened
adj	arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, thoroughgoing, utter, unmitigated
adv	staringly

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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.