Hyphenation of wilderness

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

wilder-ness

Definitions of wilderness:

1.	(politics) a state of disfavor He led the Democratic party back from the wilderness
2.	A wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
3.	A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition It was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers
4.	A bewildering profusion The duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups A wilderness of masts in the harbor

Synonyms of wilderness:

noun	wild, geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region

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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.