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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| hate | / | Verb, Noun |
| love | / | Noun, Noun |
| despise | x/ | Verb |
| loathe | / | Verb |
| abhor | x/ | Verb |
| dislike | x/ | Noun |
| deplore | x/ | Verb |
| adore | x/ | Verb |
| detestable | x/xx | Adjective |
| oppose | x/ | Verb |
| revile | x/ | Verb |
| resent | x/ | Verb |
| detestation | x//x | Noun |
| decry | x/ | Verb |
| tolerate | /xx | Verb |
| disapprove | xx/ | Verb |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| shun | / | Noun |
| disdain | x/ | Noun |
| revere | x/ | Name |
| deride | x/ | Verb |
| denounce | x/ | Verb |
| abhorrence | x/x | Noun |
| profess | x/ | Verb |
| complain | x/ | Verb |
| prefer | x/ | Verb |
| criticize | /xx | Verb |
| relish | /x | Noun |
| confess | x/ | Verb |
| sympathize | /xx | Verb |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| eschew | x/ | Verb |
| avow | x/ | Verb |
| condemn | x/ | Verb |
| bemoan | x/ | Verb |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| revolting | x/x | Adjective |
| fond | / | Adjective |
| admit | x/ | Verb |
| repugnant | x/x | Adjective |
| disgust | x/ | Noun |
| appreciate | x/xx | Verb |
| admire | x/ | Verb |
| bother | /x | Verb |
| criticise | /xx | Verb |
| averse | x/ | Adjective |
| abjure | // | Verb |
| cringe | / | Noun |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| regard | x/ | Noun |
| vehemently | /xxx | Adverb |
| accustomed | x/x | Verb |
| spurn | / | Verb |
| liking | /x | Noun |
| patronize | /xx | Verb |
| contemptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| perceive | x/ | Verb |
| understand | xx/ | Verb |
| disparage | x/x | Verb |
| afraid | x/ | Adjective |
| denigrate | /xx | Verb |
| insist | x/ | Verb |
| excepting | x/x | Verb |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| think | / | Verb |
| liken | /x | Verb |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| execrable | x/xx | Adjective |
| renounce | x/ | Verb |
| enamoured | x/x | Verb |
| repudiate | x/xx | Verb |
| annoys | x/ | Verb |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| enamored | x/x | Verb |
| begrudge | x/ | Verb |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| accuse | x/ | Verb |
| embrace | x/ | Noun |
| dread | / | Noun |
| hatred | /x | Noun |
| covet | /x | Verb |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| know | / | Verb |
| repulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| vociferously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| ascribe | x/ | Verb |
| associate | x/xx | Noun |
| reject | x/ | Verb |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| forget | x/ | Verb |
| swear | / | Verb |
| consider | x/x | Verb |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| envious | /xx | Adjective |
| abide | x/ | Verb |
| cherish | /x | Verb |
| especially | x/x | Adverb |
| unappealing | xx/x | Adjective |
| distaste | x/ | Noun |
| scorn | / | Noun, Verb |
| repel | x/ | Verb |
| displease | x/ | Verb |
| spite | / | Noun |
| turn off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| derogate | x/x | Verb |
| repulse | x/ | Noun |
| sicken | /x | Verb |
| deny | x/ | Verb |
| have it in for | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| envy | /x | Noun |
| resist | x/ | Verb |
| poison | /x | Noun |
| destroy | x/ | Verb |
| depreciate | x/xx | Verb |
| hiss | / | Noun |
| baseness | /x | Noun |
| cordially | /xx | Adverb |
| heartily | /xx | Adverb |
| reason | /x | Verb |
| hypocrisy | x/xx | Noun |
| impelled | x/ | Verb |
| utterly | /xx | Adverb |
| sins | / | Noun |
| bless | / | Verb, Noun |
| civilised | /xx | Adjective |
| civilized | /xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| henceforth | // | Adverb |
| ignoble | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| immoral | x/x | Adjective |
| impious | x/x | Adjective |
| implies | x/ | Verb |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| must | / | Verb, Noun |
| purposeless | /xx | Adjective |
| resentment | x/x | Noun |
| senseless | /x | Adjective |
| sinful | /x | Adjective |
| ungodly | x/x | Adjective, Adverb |
| when | / | Adverb, Noun |
| whilst | / | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
