Hyphenation of startled

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

star-tled

Definitions of startled:

1.	Excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement Students startled by the teacher's quiet return The sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons Her startled expression

Synonyms of startled:

adj	surprised

Last hyphenations of this language

numerical belly-ful hardheadedness Subcortical peagoose coredeems eichhornia balkingly companionways approver cornstalk chitinization blattodea cubbyhouse sorryish leiomyomatous stenographers sedovic epergne

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.