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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| shaft | / | Noun, Noun |
| dig | / | Noun, Noun |
| shot | / | Noun, Noun |
| slam | / | Noun, Noun |
| jibe | / | Noun, Noun |
| insults | x/ | Noun |
| jabs | / | Noun |
| sniping | /x | Noun |
| invective | x/x | Noun |
| broadsides | /x | Noun |
| quips | / | Noun |
| tirades | x/ | Noun |
| taunts | / | Noun |
| vitriol | /xx | Noun |
| criticisms | /xxx | Noun |
| banter | /x | Noun |
| spats | / | Noun |
| diatribes | /xx | Noun |
| ribbing | /x | Noun |
| rebukes | x/ | Noun |
| slights | / | Noun |
| jokes | / | Noun |
| jeers | / | Noun |
| repartee | xx/ | Noun |
| slurs | / | Noun |
| blows | / | Noun |
| epithets | /xx | Noun |
| caustic | /x | Noun |
| missives | /x | Noun |
| venom | /x | Noun |
| pleasantries | /xx | Noun |
| needles | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| retorts | x/ | Noun |
| rants | / | Noun |
| rancor | /x | Noun |
| liners | /x | Noun |
| scorn | / | Noun |
| flak | / | Noun |
| swipes | / | Noun |
| derision | x/x | Noun |
| accusations | xx/x | Noun |
| bashing | /x | Noun |
| sneers | / | Noun |
| punches | /x | Noun |
| ire | / | Noun |
| glares | / | Noun |
| daggers | /x | Noun |
| smirks | / | Noun |
| hatchet | /x | Noun |
| acrimony | /xxx | Noun |
| diss | / | Noun |
| catty | /x | Noun |
| jests | / | Noun |
| nastiness | /xx | Noun |
| obscenities | x/xx | Noun |
| ridicule | /xx | Noun |
| foibles | /x | Noun |
| posturing | /xx | Noun |
| bickering | /xx | Noun |
| glances | /x | Noun |
| denunciations | xxx/x | Noun |
| critique | x/ | Noun |
| aspersions | x/x | Noun |
| bluster | /x | Noun |
| harangue | x/ | Noun |
| flack | / | Noun |
| platitudes | /xx | Noun |
| licks | / | Noun |
| negativity | xx/xx | Noun |
| testy | /x | Noun |
| stingray | /x | Adjective |
| arrowheads | /xx | Noun |
| hooks | / | Noun |
| feathers | /x | Noun |
| sharpest | /x | Adjective |
| puncturing | /xx | Verb |
| recurved | x/ | Adjective |
| tang | / | Noun |
| satiric | x/x | Adjective |
| spines | / | Noun |
| thorns | / | Noun |
| stinging | /x | Adjective |
| satirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| tuft | / | Noun |
| sarcasm | /xx | Noun |
| spears | / | Noun |
| spikes | / | Noun |
| hurl | / | Verb |
| arrows | /x | Noun |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| downy | /x | Adjective |
| points | / | Noun |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| targets | /x | Noun |
| witty | /x | Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun |
| wire | /x | Noun |
| tips | / | Noun |
| poisoned | /x | Verb |
| traded | /x | Verb |
| aims | / | Verb |
| exchanging | x/x | Verb |
| fence | / | Noun |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| rows | / | Noun |
| blades | / | Noun |
| wit | / | Noun |
| tossing | /x | Verb |
| veiled | / | Adjective |
| studded | /x | Verb |
| stem | / | Noun |
| arabs | /x | Name |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| protruding | x/x | Verb |
| critics | /x | Noun |
| humorous | /xx | Adjective |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| rusty | /x | Adjective |
| tempered | /x | Verb |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| armed | / | Verb |
| directs | x/ | Verb |
| carved | / | Adjective |
| tore | / | Verb |
| pierced | / | Verb |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| tiny | /x | Adjective |
| edges | /x | Noun |
| spared | / | Verb |
| projecting | x/x | Verb |
| pairs | / | Noun |
| allegations | xx/x | Noun |
| charges | /x | Noun |
| cobweb | /x | Noun |
| darts | / | Noun |
| hairs | / | Noun |
| indentations | xx/x | Noun |
| notches | /x | Noun |
| pins | / | Noun |
| prickles | /x | Noun |
| prongs | / | Noun |
| slips | / | Noun |
| spicules | /x | Noun |
| spirals | /x | Noun |
