Hyphenation of maleficent

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word maleficent? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

malef-i-cent

Definitions of maleficent:

1.	Harmful or evil in intent or effect

Synonyms of maleficent:

adj	maleficent, baleful, baneful, malefic, malevolent, malign, evil, malevolent, malicious, malign

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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.