Hyphenation of ruinous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ruinous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ru-inous

Definitions of ruinous:

1.	Extremely harmful Bringing physical or financial ruin A catastrophic depression Catastrophic illness A ruinous course of action
2.	Causing injury or blight Especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin The blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit The blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces A ruinous war

Synonyms of ruinous:

adj	catastrophic, harmful
adj	blasting, destructive

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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.