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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| contrary | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unfavorable | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| inauspicious | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| favorable | /xxx | Adjective |
| favourable | xxx | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| effects | x/ | Noun |
| negative | /xx | Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective |
| mitigating | /xxx | Adjective |
| unforeseen | xx/ | Adjective |
| substantial | x/x | Adjective |
| impacts | x/ | Noun |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| significant | x/xx | Adjective |
| unanticipated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| circumstance | /xx | Noun |
| prejudicial | xx/x | Adjective |
| concomitant | x/xx | Noun |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| worsening | /xx | Verb |
| aggravate | /xx | Verb |
| extenuating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| occurrence | x/x | Noun |
| undue | x/ | Adjective |
| disadvantageous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| positive | /xx | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| reactions | x/x | Noun |
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective |
| conflicting | x/x | Adjective |
| environmental | xxx/x | Name |
| conditions | x/x | Noun |
| averse | x/ | Adjective |
| counteracting | xx/x | Verb |
| outcome | /x | Noun |
| unexpected | xx/x | Adjective |
| countervailing | /xxx | Noun |
| undesired | xx/x | Adjective |
| fluctuations | xx/x | Noun |
| unforeseeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| such | / | Adjective |
| consequent | /xx | Adjective |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective |
| disturbances | x/xx | Noun |
| salutary | /xxx | Adjective |
| cataclysmic | xx/x | Adjective |
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| affect | x/ | Verb |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| confounding | x/x | Noun |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective |
| vagaries | /xx | Noun |
| prevailing | x/x | Verb |
| implications | xx/x | Noun |
| inadvertent | xx/x | Adjective |
| differing | /xx | Verb |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| lessening | /xx | Noun |
| actual | /xx | Adjective |
| certain | /x | Adjective |
| risks | / | Noun |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| incidental | xx/x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| marginal | /xx | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| contemporaneous | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| erroneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| opposed | x/ | Verb |
| clashing | /x | Noun |
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective |
| opposite | /xx | Noun |
| antagonized | x/xx | Verb |
| cross | / | Noun |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| hindering | /xx | Verb |
| anti | /x | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| antisocial | xx/x | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| preventive | x/x | Adjective |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective |
| disaffected | xx/x | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| repugnant | x/x | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| mean | / | Noun |
| toxic | /x | Adjective |
| thwart | / | Verb |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| unpalatable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| aversive | x/x | Adjective |
| yaw | / | Noun |
| remodeling | x/xx | Verb |
| possessor | x/x | Noun |
| publicity | x/xx | Noun |
| claimant | /x | Noun |
| sequelae | /xx | Noun |
| possession | x/x | Noun |
| hemodynamic | xxx/x | Noun |
| ruling | /x | Noun |
| aftereffects | /xxx | Noun |
| prognostic | x/x | Noun |
| desired | x/x | Verb |
| selection | x/x | Noun |
| abnormal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| adversarial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| adversities | x/xx | Noun |
| aes | x | Name |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| ailing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| allergies | /xx | Noun |
| ambiguities | xx/xx | Noun |
| anomalies | x/xx | Noun |
| anomalous | x/xx | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| betrayals | x/x | Noun |
| biases | /xx | Noun |
| cardiovascular | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| catches | /x | Verb, Noun |
| challenges | /xx | Noun |
| cleavages | /xx | Noun |
| collateral | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| complications | xx/x | Adjective |
| compromise | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| conducive | x/x | Adjective |
| counterproductive | /xxxx | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| delinquent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| destabilizing | x/xxx | Adjective, Verb |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| disruptive | x/x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| downward | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| iatrogenic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| incurring | x/x | Noun |
| indecent | x/x | Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| insolvent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| inverse | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| kinky | /x | Adjective |
| malign | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| malnourished | x/x | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nonperforming | xx/x | Adjective |
| nuisance | /x | Noun |
| objectionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| observable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| passive | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| perverted | x/x | Adjective |
| pest | / | Noun |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| preconceived | xx/ | Adjective |
| refusal | x/x | Noun |
| reverse | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| reversible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rival | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| secondary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| side | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| therapeutic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| traumas | /x | Noun |
| undernourished | xx/x | Adjective |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective |
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| unscrupulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsolicited | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unsound | x/ | Adjective |
| unsuitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| upsets | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| vicious | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
