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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| excruciating | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| torturous | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| torturing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| agonising | /xxx | Adjective |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| grueling | /xx | Adjective |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| painstaking | /xx | Adjective |
| humiliating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| wrenching | /x | Noun |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| demoralizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| mortifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| tormenting | /xx | Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| exhausting | x/x | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| nauseating | /xxx | Adjective |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective |
| paralyzing | /xxx | Noun |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| ensuing | /xx | Verb |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| enduring | x/x | Adjective |
| indecision | xx/x | Noun |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| pain | / | Noun |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| backbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| dreading | /x | Verb |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| galling | /x | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| nagging | /x | Noun |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| provocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| provoking | x/x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| mortal | /x | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| antagonized | x/xx | Verb |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| invidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| degrading | x/x | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| plagued | / | Verb |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| ridden | /x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| crushing | /x | Verb |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| grating | /x | Noun |
| wounded | /x | Verb |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| disgusting | x/x | Adjective |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| reappraisal | xx/x | Noun |
| slowness | /x | Noun |
| suspense | x/ | Noun |
| throes | / | Noun |
| cramp | / | Noun |
| screams | / | Noun |
| wails | / | Noun |
| wait | / | Noun |
| groans | / | Noun |
| toothache | // | Noun |
| shrieks | / | Noun |
| crawl | / | Noun |
| sluggishness | /xx | Noun |
| moans | / | Noun |
| loneliness | /xx | Noun |
| pangs | / | Noun |
| cries | / | Noun |
| screech | / | Noun |
| angst | / | Noun, Verb |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| communicating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| doubt | / | Noun, Verb |
| fumbling | /xx | Noun |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| im | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| lire | /x | Noun |
| meandering | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| misgiving | x/x | Noun |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| pondering | /xx | Noun |
| qualms | / | Noun |
| racking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| re | / | Noun |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| travail | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| wavering | /xx | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| worry | /x | Verb, Noun |
| wracking | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| wrestling | /x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
