Hyphenation of discouragement

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word discouragement? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

dis-cour-age-ment

Definitions of discouragement:

1.	The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
2.	The expression of opposition and disapproval
3.	The act of discouraging The discouragement of petty theft

Synonyms of discouragement:

noun	disheartenment, dismay, despair
noun	disapproval
noun	deterrence

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.