Hyphenation of ravenous

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

rav-en-ous

Definitions of ravenous:

1.	Extremely hungry They were tired and famished for food and sleep A ravenous boy The family was starved and ragged Fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
2.	Devouring or craving food in great quantities Edacious vultures A rapacious appetite Ravenous as wolves Voracious sharks

Synonyms of ravenous:

adj	famished, sharp-set, starved, esurient, hungry
adj	edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish, gluttonous

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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.