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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dim | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| cold | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| bare | / | Noun, Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| stark | / | Adjective, Adjective, Name |
| hopeless | /x | Name, Adjective |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| black | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| cutting | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| raw | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| unpromising | x/xx | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| rosy | /x | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| downbeat | x/ | Noun |
| drab | / | Noun |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| stormy | /x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| joyless | /x | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| gritty | /x | Noun |
| nihilistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| foggy | /x | Adjective |
| apocalyptic | xxx/x | Noun |
| cheery | /x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| unappealing | xx/x | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| snowy | /x | Noun |
| grimy | /x | Adjective |
| surreal | x/ | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| rainy | /x | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| optimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| idyllic | x/x | Adjective |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| disturbingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| bright | / | Adjective |
| windswept | /x | Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| hauntingly | /xx | Adverb |
| uninspiring | xx/x | Adjective |
| wintry | /x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| cloudy | /x | Noun |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| devastatingly | /xxxx | Adverb |
| misty | /x | Noun |
| sparse | / | Adjective |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| wasteland | /x | Noun |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| outlook | /x | Noun |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| abysmal | x/x | Adjective |
| hazy | /x | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| dingy | /x | Adjective |
| upbeat | /x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| blake | / | Name |
| pasty | /x | Noun |
| blanched | / | Adjective |
| gaunt | / | Noun |
| pallid | /x | Adjective |
| ashen | /x | Adjective |
| monochromatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| washed out | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| pale | / | Adjective |
| lurid | /x | Adjective |
| leaden | /x | Adjective |
| gray | / | Noun |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| dusky | /x | Noun |
| light | / | Noun |
| blue | / | Noun |
| livid | /x | Noun |
| pearly | /x | Adjective |
| brown | / | Name |
| bland | / | Noun |
| bluish | /x | Adjective |
| midwinter | //x | Noun |
| moors | / | Noun |
| fells | / | Noun |
| uplands | /x | Noun |
| sufficed | x/ | Verb |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| anti | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| brilliant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| combine | /x | Verb, Noun |
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| darkened | /x | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| faint | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| frigid | /x | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| glacial | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| grand | / | Noun, Adjective |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| icy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| indoors | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| mala | /x | Noun |
| moody | /x | Name, Adjective |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| petty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| pro | / | Adjective, Noun |
| remote | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| spooky | /x | Adjective |
| stoic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| swept | / | Adjective |
| tenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| treeless | /x | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| uninhabited | xx/xx | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| windy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
