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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| ornery | /xx | Adjective |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| irascible | x/xx | Adjective |
| grouchy | /x | Noun |
| cranky | /x | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| grumpy | /x | Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| feisty | /x | Adjective |
| finicky | /xx | Adjective |
| garrulous | /xx | Adjective |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| gruff | / | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| irritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| affable | /xx | Adjective |
| rambunctious | x/x | Adjective |
| uncooperative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| wily | /x | Adjective |
| headstrong | /x | Adjective |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| bitchy | /x | Adjective |
| officious | x/x | Adjective |
| querulous | /xx | Adjective |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| temperamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| eccentric | x/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| quarrelsome | /xx | Adjective |
| boisterous | /xx | Adjective |
| opinionated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| prissy | /x | Noun |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective |
| bossy | /x | Noun |
| lovable | /xx | Adjective |
| loquacious | x/x | Adjective |
| excitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| reclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| loveable | /xx | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| petulant | /xx | Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| diffident | /xx | Adjective |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective |
| outspoken | //x | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| unruly | x/x | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| tenacious | x/x | Adjective |
| brusque | / | Adjective |
| humorless | /xx | Adjective |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| irate | x/ | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| wayward | /x | Adjective |
| gregarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| uptight | x/ | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| testy | /x | Noun |
| crusty | /x | Adjective |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| snotty | /x | Adjective |
| cursed | / | Verb |
| contrary | /xx | Noun |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| resentful | x/x | Adjective |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| intolerant | x/xx | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| musty | /x | Noun |
| mischievous | /xx | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| gainful | /x | Noun |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| cynical | /xx | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| refractory | x/xx | Adjective |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| antisocial | xx/x | Adjective |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| ungracious | x/x | Adjective |
| discontented | xx/x | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| cuss | / | Noun |
| mule | / | Noun |
| brute | / | Noun |
| irishman | /xx | Name |
| moods | / | Noun |
| devil | /x | Noun |
| disposition | xx/x | Noun |
| beast | / | Noun |
| temper | /x | Noun |
| fellow | /x | Noun |
| personality | xx/xx | Noun |
| farmer | /x | Noun |
| father | /x | Noun |
| individual | xx/xx | Noun |
| owner | /x | Noun |
| professor | x/x | Noun |
| lot | / | Noun |
| husband | /x | Noun |
| woman | /x | Noun |
| man | / | Noun |
| lady | /x | Noun |
| self | / | Noun |
| wife | / | Noun |
| horse | / | Noun |
| creature | /x | Noun |
| animal | /xx | Noun |
| sort | / | Noun |
| demented | x/x | Adjective |
| flighty | /x | Adjective |
| likable | /xx | Adjective |
| likeable | /xx | Adjective |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| shy | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sociable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| talkative | /xx | Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| sfa | x | Name |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
