Hyphenation of desperation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word desperation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

des-per-a-tion

Definitions of desperation:

1.	A state in which all hope is lost or absent In the depths of despair They were rescued from despair at the last minute Courage born of desperation
2.	Desperate recklessness It was a policy of desperation

Synonyms of desperation:

noun	despair, condition, status
noun	recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness

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.