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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| cynical | /xx | Adjective |
| pessimist | /xx | Noun |
| optimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| skeptic | /x | Noun |
| idealist | x/x | Noun |
| sceptic | /x | Noun |
| jaded | /x | Adjective |
| pragmatist | /xx | Noun |
| realist | /xx | Noun |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| naive | x/ | Adjective |
| cynicism | /xxx | Noun |
| sceptical | /xx | Adjective |
| idealistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| skeptical | /xx | Adjective |
| dreamer | /x | Noun |
| critic | /x | Noun |
| wishful | /x | Adjective |
| moralist | /xx | Noun |
| disillusioned | xx/x | Adjective |
| hypocrite | /xx | Noun |
| nihilist | /xx | Noun |
| grumpy | /x | Adjective |
| iconoclast | x/xx | Noun |
| simpleton | /xx | Noun |
| deluded | x/x | Adjective |
| naivete | xxx/ | Noun |
| opportunist | xx/x | Noun |
| egoist | /xx | Noun |
| scrooge | / | Name |
| charlatan | /xx | Noun |
| delusional | x/xx | Adjective |
| apologist | x/xx | Noun |
| pollyanna | xx/x | Name |
| snob | / | Noun |
| prude | / | Noun |
| apathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| liar | /x | Noun |
| philistine | /xx | Noun |
| disingenuous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| humanist | /xx | Noun |
| hater | /x | Noun |
| pragmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| idiot | /xx | Noun |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| oxymoron | x//x | Noun |
| incredulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| dork | / | Noun |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| supercilious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| quixotic | x/x | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| fool | / | Noun |
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective |
| thinker | /x | Noun |
| jackass | /x | Noun |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective |
| moron | /x | Noun |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| fanatic | x/x | Noun |
| ideologue | /xxx | Noun |
| sympathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| jaundiced | /x | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective |
| underhanded | /x/x | Adjective |
| backhanded | /xx | Adjective |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| bearish | /x | Adjective |
| distrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| crass | / | Noun |
| sneering | /x | Verb |
| sinful | /x | Adjective |
| oblique | x/ | Adjective |
| morally bankrupt | /xx/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| disheartened | x/x | Verb |
| disbelieving | xx/x | Verb |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| lethargic | x/x | Adjective |
| rotten | /x | Adjective |
| snide | / | Adjective |
| venal | /x | Adjective |
| ironical | x/xx | Adjective |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| godless | /x | Adjective |
| diogenes | x/xx | Verb |
| stoic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| satirist | /xx | Noun |
| notebook | /x | Noun |
| hardened | /x | Adjective |
| heartless | /x | Adjective |
| remark | x/ | Verb |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| opposite | /xx | Noun |
| memoirs | /x | Noun |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| bit | / | Noun |
| argue | /x | Verb |
| philosophers | x/xx | Noun |
| tempted | /x | Verb |
| suspect | x/ | Verb |
| wonder | /x | Verb |
| reputation | xx/x | Noun |
| smile | / | Noun |
| something | /x | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| autocrat | /xx | Noun |
| callous | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| coward | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| epicurean | xxx/x | Adjective, Name |
| existentialist | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| gnostic | /x | Adjective, Name |
| hegelian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| kantian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| knocker | /x | Noun |
| mahayana | xx/x | Name |
| materialist | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| neoplatonic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| nietzschean | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| pacifist | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| pharisaic | /xxx | Adjective |
| platonic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| rationalistic | /x/x | Adjective |
| socratic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sophistic | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| stoical | /xx | Adjective |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
