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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| clunky | /x | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| finicky | /xx | Adjective |
| creaky | /x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncooperative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| wobbly | /xx | Adjective |
| malfunctioning | x/xx | Noun |
| cranky | /x | Adjective |
| crippled | /x | Verb |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| shaky | /x | Adjective |
| leaky | /x | Adjective |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| temperamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| rickety | /xx | Adjective |
| hampered | /x | Verb |
| hobbled | /x | Verb |
| ornery | /xx | Adjective |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| unresponsive | xx/x | Adjective |
| antiquated | /xxx | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| stymied | /x | Verb |
| faltering | /xx | Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| unreliable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| irascible | x/xx | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| wayward | /x | Adjective |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| arthritic | x/x | Adjective |
| inept | x/ | Adjective |
| ailing | /x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| decrepit | x/x | Adjective |
| twitchy | /x | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective |
| hamstrung | /x | Verb |
| grouchy | /x | Noun |
| wimpy | /x | Name |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| irritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| sulky | /x | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| frustrated | /xx | Adjective |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| stiff | / | Adjective |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective |
| broken | /x | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| errant | /x | Noun |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| notoriously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| jammed | / | Verb |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| buggy | /x | Noun |
| inelegant | x/xx | Adjective |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| refractory | x/xx | Adjective |
| grudging | /x | Adjective |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| restive | /x | Adjective |
| uncompromising | x/xxx | Adjective |
| rebellious | x/x | Adjective |
| cagey | /x | Adjective |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective |
| mean | / | Noun |
| firm | / | Noun |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| blocked | / | Verb |
| obstinate | /xx | Adjective |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| lazy | /x | Adjective |
| intolerant | x/xx | Adjective |
| stuck | / | Verb |
| dilatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| insubordinate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unapproachable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| antisocial | xx/x | Adjective |
| bungling | /xx | Noun |
| thwarted | /x | Verb |
| diehard | /x | Adjective |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| obdurate | /xx | Adjective |
| bogged | / | Verb |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| stuffy | /x | Adjective |
| forbidding | x/x | Verb |
| opposed | x/ | Verb |
| coward | /x | Noun |
| static | /x | Adjective |
| supine | x/ | Adjective |
| disgruntled | x/x | Adjective |
| refuse | x/ | Noun |
| inert | x/ | Adjective |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| deaf | / | Noun |
| spineless | /x | Adjective |
| irresolute | x/xx | Adjective |
| flaky | /x | Noun |
| repulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| truant | /x | Noun |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective |
| indolent | /xx | Adjective |
| passive | /x | Adjective |
| constipated | /xxx | Adjective |
| mule | / | Noun |
| horse | / | Noun |
| engine | /x | Noun |
| mare | / | Noun |
| motor | /x | Noun |
| congress | /x | Name |
| legislature | /xxx | Noun |
| team | / | Noun |
| car | / | Noun |
| animal | /xx | Noun |
| computer | x/x | Noun |
| machine | x/ | Noun |
| gets | / | Verb |
| door | / | Noun |
| child | / | Noun |
| proved | / | Verb |
| equipment | x/x | Noun |
| bred | / | Noun |
| docile | /x | Adjective |
| fed | / | Name |
| footed | /x | Adjective |
| frisky | /x | Adjective |
| headstrong | /x | Adjective |
| jaded | /x | Adjective |
| obedient | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| powered | /x | Adjective |
| scrawny | /x | Adjective |
| skittish | /x | Adjective |
| strayed | / | Adjective |
| tempered | /x | Adjective |
| tethered | /x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
