Hyphenation of pERSISTENT

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

pER-SIS-TENT

Definitions of pERSISTENT:

1.	Never-ceasing The relentless beat of the drums
2.	Continually recurring to the mind Haunting memories The cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty- Claudia Cassidy
3.	Retained Not shed Persistent leaves remain attached past maturity The persistent gills of fishes
4.	Stubbornly unyielding Dogged persistence Dour determination The most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics A mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it- T.S.Eliot Men tenacious of opinion

Synonyms of pERSISTENT:

adj	relentless, unrelenting, continual
adj	haunting, unforgettable
adj	persistent, lasting

Last hyphenations of this language

ferrates sac rush Wausau unspaciousness disembosom Vietnamese flanerie equipt Acetes unduped sweat-house combated Malacanthidae semi-augustinianism Knutsen duledge introducing III

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.