Hyphenation of despite

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

de-spite

Definitions of despite:

1.	Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike He was held in contempt The despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
2.	Contemptuous disregard She wanted neither favor nor despite

Synonyms of despite:

noun	contempt, disdain, scorn, dislike
noun	disregard, neglect

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.