Hyphenation of hopeless

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

hope-less

Definitions of hopeless:

1.	Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success In an agony of hopeless grief With a hopeless sigh he sat down
2.	Of a person unable to do something skillfully I'm hopeless at mathematics
3.	Certain to fail The situation is hopeless
4.	(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform She handed me a hopeless jumble of papers He is a hopeless romantic

Synonyms of hopeless:

adj	hopeless, abject, resigned, unhopeful, black, bleak, dim, despairing, desperate, despondent, heartsick, forlorn, futureless, gloomy, grim, darkening, helpless, lost, insoluble, discouraging, impossible, pessimistic
adj	unskilled
adj	impossible
adj	bad

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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.