Hyphenation of malevolent

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

malev-o-lent

Definitions of malevolent:

1.	Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others Arising from intense ill will or hatred A gossipy malevolent old woman Failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful
2.	Having or exerting a malignant influence Malevolent stars A malefic force

Synonyms of malevolent:

adj	malevolent, malicious, beady-eyed, bitchy, catty, cattish, poisonous, venomous, vicious, venomed, hateful, maleficent, malign
adj	malignant, malign
adj	malefic, malign, evil, maleficent

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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.