Hyphenation of detest

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

de-test

Definitions of detest:

1.	Dislike intensely Feel antipathy or aversion towards I hate Mexican food She detests politicians

Synonyms of detest:

verb	hate, dislike

Last hyphenations of this language

brain-damaged congregation hereditarian hellishness Hesperus full-boled diptychs heathen unwedded undercover unlike unimpeachable unanchored cyniatria Tex diordinal Hellenist whence geographer

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.