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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| vicious | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| savage | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| cruel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| unkind | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| fell | / | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| hard | / | Verb, Adjective |
| roughshod | // | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| brutality | x/xx | Noun |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| sadistic | x/x | Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| grueling | /xx | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| grisly | /x | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| excruciating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective |
| remorseless | x/x | Adjective |
| bloody | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| brutish | /x | Adjective |
| uncompromising | x/xxx | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| bloodthirsty | /xx | Adjective |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| heartless | /x | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| savagery | /xxx | Noun |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| callous | /x | Adjective |
| lethal | /x | Adjective |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| humiliating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| sanguinary | /xxx | Adjective |
| insane | x/ | Adjective |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective |
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| despicable | x/xx | Adjective |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| bestial | /x | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| gritty | /x | Noun |
| unflinching | x/x | Adjective |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| dehumanizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| tyrannical | x/xx | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| vengeful | /x | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| epic | /x | Noun |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| disgusting | x/x | Adjective |
| unorthodox | x/xx | Adjective |
| genocidal | /xxx | Adjective |
| exhilarating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| ruffian | x/x | Noun |
| robust | x/ | Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective |
| wolfish | /x | Adjective |
| medieval | x/x | Noun |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| impetuous | x/x | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| stormy | /x | Adjective |
| gruff | / | Adjective |
| animalistic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| wild | / | Adjective |
| sharp | / | Adjective |
| scathing | /x | Adjective |
| virulent | /xx | Adjective |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| shrewd | / | Adjective |
| snell | / | Name |
| warlike | /x | Adjective |
| slaying | /x | Noun |
| beatings | /x | Noun |
| crackdown | /x | Noun |
| lynching | /x | Noun |
| frankness | /x | Noun |
| soldiery | /xx | Noun |
| flogging | /x | Noun |
| repressions | x/x | Noun |
| killings | /x | Noun |
| directness | x/x | Noun |
| crushing | /x | Verb |
| coarseness | /x | Noun |
| assassination | xxx/x | Noun |
| reprisals | x/x | Noun |
| inhumanity | xx/xx | Noun |
| massacre | /xx | Noun |
| mistreatment | x/x | Noun |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| dictatorships | x/xx | Noun |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| barbarian | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| barbarism | /xxx | Noun |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| boorish | /x | Adjective |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| crude | / | Adjective, Noun |
| cruelty | /x | Noun |
| dastardly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| egregious | x/x | Adjective |
| feral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| flagrant | /x | Adjective |
| forcible | /xx | Adjective |
| graphic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| inexorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| insolent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mindless | /x | Adjective |
| naked | /x | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| premeditated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| primitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rash | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| reprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| senseless | /x | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| shameless | /x | Adjective |
| sheer | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| steep | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sudden | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| torn | / | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unbridled | x/x | Adjective |
| uncontrolled | xx/ | Adjective |
| uncultured | x/x | Adjective |
| unexpected | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| unscrupulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| violence | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| wanton | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
