Hyphenation of penury

Are you trying to hyphenate penury? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

penury

Definitions of penury:

1.	A state of extreme poverty or destitution Their indigence appalled him A general state of need exists among the homeless

Synonyms of penury:

noun	indigence, need, beggary, pauperism, pauperization, poverty, poorness, impoverishment

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.