Hyphenation of infest

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

in-fest

Definitions of infest:

1.	Invade in great numbers The roaches infested our kitchen
2.	Occupy in large numbers or live on a host The Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North
3.	Live on or in a host, as of parasites

Synonyms of infest:

verb	overrun, invade, occupy
verb	invade, overrun, inhabit, occupy
verb	inhabit, occupy

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.