Hyphenation of purulent

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

pu-ru-lent

Definitions of purulent:

1.	Containing pus A purulent wound

Synonyms of purulent:

adj	infected, pussy, putrid, septic

Last hyphenations of this language

unpatriotically metonymical drosophila pillory dyspepsia Pima undersea pugnacious unidirectionality Porifera gurgle gut misuse ducal poisonwood pimply deep-fried decimetre decilitre

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.