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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| fearsome | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dreaded | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| forebodings | x/x | Noun |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| unwonted | xxx | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| clamorous | /xx | Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective |
| irremediable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| severest | x/x | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inauspicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| grisly | /x | Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| tearful | /x | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| macabre | x/x | Noun |
| timorous | /xx | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| terrific | x/x | Adjective |
| gray | / | Noun |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| wolfish | /x | Adjective |
| lurid | /x | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| infernal | x/x | Noun |
| feared | / | Verb |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| intimidating | x/xxx | Verb |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| watery | /xx | Noun |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| gaunt | / | Noun |
| ghostly | /x | Adjective |
| afraid | x/ | Adjective |
| savage | /x | Noun |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| thunders | /x | Noun |
| omens | /x | Noun |
| pageant | /x | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| woes | / | Noun |
| wrath | / | Noun |
| apprehension | xx/x | Noun |
| vengeance | /x | Noun |
| prophecy | /xx | Noun |
| tidings | /x | Noun |
| monster | /x | Noun |
| madness | /x | Noun |
| evils | /x | Noun |
| predictions | x/x | Noun |
| spectacle | /xx | Noun |
| deed | / | Noun |
| consequences | /xxx | Noun |
| threats | / | Noun |
| spring | / | Noun |
| fate | / | Noun |
| cry | / | Noun |
| mistake | x/ | Noun |
| news | / | Noun |
| effects | x/ | Noun |
| zone | / | Noun |
| event | x/ | Noun |
| results | x/ | Noun |
| death | / | Noun |
| something | /x | Noun |
| influence | /xx | Noun |
| war | / | Noun |
| afflicting | x/x | Noun |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
