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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| curt | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| short | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| gruff | / | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| dismissive | x/x | Adjective |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| irascible | x/xx | Adjective |
| terse | / | Noun |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| snide | / | Adjective |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| jocular | /xx | Adjective |
| affable | /xx | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Name |
| brash | / | Noun |
| contemptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| polite | x/ | Adjective |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| diffident | /xx | Adjective |
| condescending | xx/x | Adjective |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| haughty | /x | Adjective |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| supercilious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| officious | x/x | Adjective |
| peremptory | x/xx | Adjective |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| bitchy | /x | Adjective |
| jovial | /xx | Adjective |
| abrasive | x/x | Noun |
| evasive | x/x | Adjective |
| tactless | /x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| chatty | /x | Noun |
| snotty | /x | Adjective |
| pushy | /x | Adjective |
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| callous | /x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| aloof | x/ | Adjective, Adverb |
| boisterous | /xx | Adjective |
| nonchalant | xx/ | Adjective |
| effusive | /xx | Adjective |
| ungracious | x/x | Adjective |
| stoical | /xx | Adjective |
| stoic | /x | Noun |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| unkind | x/ | Adjective |
| impolite | xxx | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective |
| demeanour | x/x | Noun |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| boorish | /x | Adjective |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| combative | x/x | Adjective |
| grouchy | /x | Noun |
| courteous | /xx | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| obsequious | x/xx | Adjective |
| flamboyant | x/x | Adjective |
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncaring | x/x | Adjective |
| impetuous | x/x | Adjective |
| garrulous | /xx | Adjective |
| stolid | /x | Adjective |
| demeanor | x/x | Noun |
| brutish | /x | Adjective |
| petulant | /xx | Adjective |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective |
| voluble | /xx | Adjective |
| snooty | /x | Noun |
| unenthusiastic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| tactful | /x | Adjective |
| impudent | x/x | Adjective |
| unsmiling | x/x | Adjective |
| grumpy | /x | Adjective |
| unfeeling | x/x | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| deadpan | /x | Adjective |
| loquacious | x/x | Adjective |
| flirtatious | x/x | Adjective |
| impassive | x/x | Adjective |
| ungenerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| talkative | /xx | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| querulous | /xx | Adjective |
| solicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| snappy | /x | Adjective |
| punctilious | x/xx | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective |
| insolent | /xx | Adjective |
| fresh | / | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| uncouth | // | Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective |
| crass | / | Noun |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| uptight | x/ | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun |
| brassy | /x | Noun |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| unkindly | x/x | Adverb |
| forbidding | x/x | Verb |
| grill | / | Noun |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| stiff | / | Adjective |
| cold | / | Noun |
| uncivilized | x/xx | Adjective |
| brazen | /x | Noun |
| crusty | /x | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| dismissal | x/x | Noun |
| sec | / | Noun |
| refrigeration | xxx/x | Noun |
| rebuff | x/ | Noun |
| nod | / | Noun |
| rejoinder | x/x | Noun |
| exterior | x/xx | Noun |
| retort | /x | Noun |
| directness | x/x | Noun |
| reply | x/ | Noun |
| impatience | x/x | Noun |
| refusal | x/x | Noun |
| frankness | /x | Noun |
| acuteness | x/x | Noun |
| addenda | x/x | Noun |
| adrian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| alarms | x/ | Noun |
| allowance | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| alms | / | Noun |
| anglo | /x | Name |
| animation | xx/x | Noun |
| anna | /x | Name |
| annoyances | x/xx | Noun |
| ante | /x | Noun, Verb |
| antidotes | /xx | Verb |
| apologies | x/xx | Noun |
| ardor | /x | Noun |
| ardour | /x | Noun |
| artifice | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| disrespectful | xx/x | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| ingratiating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| insulting | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sharp | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| sparkling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| steep | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sudden | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
