English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “tetchier”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for tetchier is tetch-i-er, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
tetch-i-er
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result tetch-i-er The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordtetchier
Hyphenationtetch-i-er
Break points2
Part of speechadjective
Pronunciationˈtɛtʃi
Word breaks

How “tetchier” is split

tetch·i·er

For US English, the hyphenation result is tetch-i-er. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

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Questions about “tetchier”

How do you hyphenate “tetchier”?

In the US-English result used here, tetchier is hyphenated as tetch-i-er.

Where can “tetchier” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “tetchier” mean?

irritable and bad-tempered.

Can you use “tetchier” in a sentence?

“she had always been tetchy and impatient with him”

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