Hyphenation of dismal

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

dis-mal

Definitions of dismal:

1.	Causing dejection A blue day The dark days of the war A week of rainy depressing weather A disconsolate winter landscape The first dismal dispiriting days of November A dark gloomy day Grim rainy weather

Synonyms of dismal:

adj	dingy, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry, cheerless, uncheerful
adj	blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, cheerless, uncheerful

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.