Hyphenation of tempest

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

tem-pest

Definitions of tempest:

1.	A violent commotion or disturbance The storms that had characterized their relationship had died away It was only a tempest in a teapot
2.	(literary) a violent wind A tempest swept over the island

Synonyms of tempest:

noun	storm, disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
noun	windstorm

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.