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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| pitying | /xx | Noun |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| crestfallen | /xx | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective |
| discontented | xx/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun |
| dejection | x/x | Noun |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| panicking | /xx | Noun |
| disbelieving | xx/x | Verb |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| bewildered | x/x | Verb |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| downcast | /x | Adjective |
| uncomprehending | x/x/x | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| exulting | x/x | Verb |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| tearful | /x | Adjective |
| wistful | /x | Adjective |
| despondency | x/xx | Noun |
| frustrated | /xx | Adjective |
| weary | /x | Adjective |
| lamenting | x/x | Verb |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| regretful | x/x | Adjective |
| pessimism | /xxx | Noun |
| angry | /x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| sobbing | /x | Noun |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| exultant | x/x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| jubilant | /xx | Adjective |
| pained | / | Verb |
| impassioned | x/x | Adjective |
| sneering | /x | Verb |
| agonised | /xx | Adjective |
| helplessness | /xx | Noun |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| heartbroken | /xx | Adjective |
| agonized | /xx | Adjective |
| nihilistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| consoling | x/x | Adjective |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| listless | /x | Adjective |
| cringing | /x | Noun |
| exultation | x//x | Noun |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| sorrowing | /xx | Noun |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| wailing | /x | Noun |
| frantic | /x | Adjective |
| beseeching | x/x | Verb |
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective |
| desperation | xx/x | Noun |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| triumphant | x/x | Adjective |
| tormented | /xx | Adjective |
| faltering | /xx | Adjective |
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| aimless | /x | Adjective |
| imploring | x/x | Noun |
| delirious | x/xx | Adjective |
| demoralizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| trembling | /xx | Verb |
| whimpering | /xx | Verb |
| quavering | /xx | Adjective |
| querulous | /xx | Adjective |
| abject | /x | Adjective |
| bemused | x/ | Adjective |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| dismayed | x/ | Verb |
| dissatisfied | x/xx | Verb |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| unfulfilled | xx/ | Adjective |
| sick at heart | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| waste | / | Noun |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| shattered | /x | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| joyless | /x | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| done | / | Verb |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective |
| damp | / | Adjective |
| futile | /x | Adjective |
| down in the dumps | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| done for | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| dystopian | //xx | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| doomed | / | Verb |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| moment | /x | Noun |
| sound | / | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| question | /x | Noun |
| period | /xx | Noun |
| time | / | Noun |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| shrieks | / | Noun |
| wretches | /x | Noun |
| gesture | /x | Noun |
| perplexed | x/ | Verb |
| hoping | /x | Verb |
| apathy | /xx | Noun |
| apprehensions | xx/x | Noun |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bereft | x/ | Adjective |
| calmer | /x | Noun |
| cease | / | Verb, Noun |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| cheery | /x | Adjective |
| doubting | /x | Noun |
| fears | / | Noun |
| fiery | /xx | Adjective |
| forebodings | x/x | Noun |
| groan | / | Noun, Verb |
| hopeful | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| joyful | /x | Adjective |
| moans | / | Noun, Verb |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| peevish | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| remorseful | x/x | Adjective |
| shakes | / | Noun |
| stony | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| thoughts | / | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| upset | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
