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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| sickly | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| sick | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| indisposed | xx/ | Verb, Adjective |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| poorly | /x | Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| unwell | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| peaked | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| beleaguered | x/x | Adjective |
| moribund | /xx | Noun |
| faltering | /xx | Adjective |
| ailment | /x | Noun |
| debilitated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| crippled | /x | Verb |
| comatose | /xx | Adjective |
| embattled | x/x | Adjective |
| diseased | x/ | Adjective |
| aging | /x | Noun |
| enfeebled | x/x | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| deteriorating | x/xxxx | Verb |
| elderly | /xx | Adjective |
| afflicting | x/x | Adjective |
| beloved | x/ | Adjective |
| decrepit | x/x | Adjective |
| wayward | /x | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| recuperating | x/xxx | Verb |
| struggling | /xx | Verb |
| bedridden | /xx | Adjective |
| dying | /x | Verb |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| floundering | /xx | Noun |
| revitalize | x/xx | Verb |
| malady | /xx | Noun |
| fledgling | /x | Noun |
| geriatric | xx/x | Name |
| underperforming | /xxxx | Adjective |
| rejuvenate | x/xx | Verb |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| arthritic | x/x | Adjective |
| reviving | x/x | Verb |
| tubercular | xxxx | Adjective |
| battered | /x | Adjective |
| erstwhile | /x | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| infirm | x/ | Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun |
| overworked | xx/ | Adjective |
| decaying | x/x | Verb |
| rehabilitating | xx/xxx | Verb |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| languishing | /xx | Adjective |
| hurting | /x | Verb |
| reinvigorate | xx/xx | Verb |
| ravaged | /x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| anemic | x/x | Adjective |
| burgeoning | /xx | Verb |
| lameness | /x | Noun |
| affliction | x/x | Noun |
| plaguing | /x | Verb |
| limp | / | Adjective |
| bane | / | Noun |
| taint | / | Noun |
| erring | /x | Adjective |
| hitch | / | Noun |
| injury | /xx | Noun |
| malaise | x/ | Noun |
| harm | / | Noun |
| malfunctioning | x/xx | Noun |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| vice | / | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| mire | / | Noun |
| maim | / | Noun |
| curse | / | Noun |
| lamenting | x/x | Verb |
| amiss | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| albatross | /xx | Noun |
| insult | x/ | Noun |
| incurable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| heel | / | Noun |
| loafing | /x | Noun |
| headache | /x | Noun |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| unease | x/ | Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| levant | x/ | Name |
| mishap | /x | Noun |
| bind | / | Noun |
| shambling | /xx | Verb |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| adultery | x/xx | Noun |
| nuisance | /x | Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| lapse | / | Noun |
| ill effect | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| paralytic | xx/x | Adjective |
| gall | / | Noun |
| sully | /x | Name |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| diminishing | x/xx | Verb |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| lying | /x | Verb |
| fault | / | Noun |
| wasting | /x | Noun |
| falling out | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| indisposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| dejection | x/x | Noun |
| laches | /x | Noun |
| stain | / | Noun |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| thing | / | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| yeltsin | /x | Name |
| roosevelt | /xx | Name |
| aunt | / | Noun |
| giant | /x | Noun |
| parent | /x | Noun |
| pope | / | Noun |
| grandmother | /xx | Noun |
| monarch | /x | Noun |
| premier | x/ | Noun |
| implant | x/ | Noun |
| spouse | / | Noun |
| patriarch | /xx | Noun |
| dictator | x/x | Noun |
| cow | / | Noun |
| king | / | Noun |
| relative | /xx | Noun |
| economy | x/xx | Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun |
| widow | /x | Noun |
| calf | / | Noun |
| industry | /xx | Noun |
| senator | /xx | Noun |
| company | /xx | Noun |
| president | /xx | Noun |
| child | / | Noun |
| emperor | /xx | Noun |
| queen | / | Noun |
| bishop | /x | Noun |
| wife | / | Noun |
| adored | x/ | Noun |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective |
| crumbling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| deadlocked | /x | Adjective |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| deceived | x/ | Noun |
| defaulting | x/x | Noun |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| disgraced | x/ | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| distressed | x/ | Adjective |
| exiled | /x | Adjective |
| failing | /x | Noun |
| flagging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| harassed | x/ | Adjective |
| humiliated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| insolvent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ling | / | Noun |
| needy | /x | Adjective |
| nonperforming | xx/x | Adjective |
| patient | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| shaky | /x | Adjective |
| slain | / | Noun |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| staggering | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| stalled | / | Noun |
| strained | / | Adjective |
| stumbling | /xx | Noun |
| suffering | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| unloved | x/ | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| weakened | /x | Adjective |
| worried | /x | Adjective |
| wronged | / | Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
