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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| impairment | x/x | Noun |
| tiresome | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| slow | / | Adjective, Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| irksome | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| boring | /x | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| liven | /x | Noun, Verb |
| invigorate | x/xx | Verb, Verb |
| animate | /xx | Verb, Verb, Adjective |
| stifling | /x | Noun |
| suffocating | /xxx | Adjective |
| numbing | /x | Noun |
| paralyzing | /xxx | Noun |
| dampening | /xx | Noun |
| rigidity | x/xx | Noun |
| smothering | /xx | Noun |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| paralysing | x/xx | Noun |
| inhibiting | x/xx | Verb |
| corroding | x/x | Noun |
| jolting | /x | Noun |
| enlivening | x/xx | Adjective |
| thudding | /x | Noun |
| attenuating | x/xxx | Noun |
| encroaching | x/x | Noun |
| damping | /x | Noun |
| blankness | /x | Noun |
| muffling | /x | Noun |
| overpowering | /x/x | Adjective |
| dehumanizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| banality | x/xx | Noun |
| weakening | /xx | Noun |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| boredom | /x | Noun |
| monotonous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ennui | x/x | Noun |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| disintegrating | x/xxx | Noun |
| muting | /x | Noun |
| conformity | x/xx | Noun |
| leaden | /x | Adjective |
| ennobling | x/x | Adjective |
| bleakness | /x | Noun |
| affective | x/x | Adjective |
| inculcation | /xxx | Noun |
| passivity | x/xx | Noun |
| drudgery | /xx | Noun |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| crushing | /x | Verb |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| emptiness | /xx | Noun |
| shattering | /xx | Verb |
| fading | /x | Noun |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| destroys | x/ | Verb |
| excruciating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| deafening | /xx | Adjective |
| hardening | /xx | Noun |
| desensitization | x/xx/x | Noun |
| toughening | /xx | Noun |
| inactivation | xxx/x | Noun |
| denaturing | x/xx | Noun |
| withering | /xx | Noun |
| softening | /xx | Noun |
| blunting | /x | Noun |
| silencing | /xx | Noun |
| decaying | x/x | Verb |
| darkening | /xx | Noun |
| sensitization | /xx/x | Noun |
| narrowing | /xx | Noun |
| strengthening | /xx | Noun |
| extinguishing | x/xx | Verb |
| relaxing | x/x | Verb |
| coarsening | /xx | Noun |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| tightening | /xx | Noun |
| entrenchment | x/x | Noun |
| quieting | /xx | Verb |
| sharpening | /xx | Noun |
| chilling | /x | Adjective |
| densification | xxx/x | Noun |
| nullifying | /xxx | Verb |
| distancing | /xx | Noun |
| honing | /x | Noun |
| sensibilities | xx/xx | Noun |
| senses | /x | Noun |
| sound | / | Adjective, Noun |
| conscience | /x | Noun |
| emotions | x/x | Noun |
| nerves | / | Noun |
| gradual | /xx | Adjective |
| feeling | /x | Noun |
| spirit | /x | Noun |
| soul | / | Noun |
| pain | / | Noun |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective |
| nothing | /x | Noun |
| mind | / | Noun |
| more | / | Adjective |
| kind | / | Noun |
| life | / | Noun |
| monotony | x/xx | Noun |
| sameness | /x | Noun |
| sinking | /x | Verb |
| spiritually | /xxxx | Adverb |
| faculties | /xx | Noun |
| uniformity | xx/xx | Noun |
| routine | x/ | Noun |
| alienation | xxx/x | Noun |
| comfort | /x | Noun, Verb |
| confusion | x/x | Noun |
| degrading | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| demoralizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| derangement | x/x | Noun |
| disassociation | xx/x/x | Noun |
| discredit | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun |
| disorganization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| disorientation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| estrangement | x/x | Noun |
| exhaustion | x/x | Noun |
| exhilarating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| impoverishment | x/xx | Noun |
| levelling | /xx | Noun |
| reorientation | x/xx/x | Noun |
| stiffening | /xx | Noun |
| unaccustomed | xx/x | Adjective |
| uplifting | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
