Hyphenation of desolate

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

des-o-late

Definitions of desolate:

1.	Leave someone who needs or counts on you Leave in the lurch The mother deserted her children
2.	Reduce in population The epidemic depopulated the countryside
3.	Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
4.	Providing no shelter or sustenance Bare rocky hills Barren lands The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes The desolate surface of the moon A stark landscape
5.	Crushed by grief Depressed and desolate of soul A low desolate wail

Synonyms of desolate:

adj	bare, barren, bleak, stark, inhospitable
adj	forlorn, godforsaken, lorn, forsaken
adj	inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable
adj	blasted, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted, destroyed
verb	abandon, forsake, desert, leave
verb	depopulate, shrink, reduce
verb	lay waste to, waste, devastate, ravage, scourge, destroy, ruin

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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.