Hyphenation of defeated

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word defeated? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

de-feat-ed

Definitions of defeated:

1.	People who are defeated The Romans had no pity for the defeated
2.	Beaten or overcome Not victorious The defeated enemy
3.	Disappointingly unsuccessful Disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions Their foiled attempt to capture Calais Many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers His best efforts were thwarted

Synonyms of defeated:

adj	defeated, licked, subjugated, unsuccessful
adj	disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted, unsuccessful
noun	discomfited, people

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.