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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| depressing | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dingy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| sorry | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| drab | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| blue | / | Noun, Adjective |
| abysmal | x/x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| unimpressive | xx/x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| mediocre | xx/x | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| unpromising | x/xx | Adjective |
| uninspiring | xx/x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| tepid | /x | Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| crummy | /x | Noun |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| meager | /x | Adjective |
| paltry | /x | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| middling | /xx | Noun |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| glorious | /xx | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| crappy | /x | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| shabby | /x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| anemic | x/x | Adjective |
| putrid | /x | Adjective |
| inglorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| inauspicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| unfavorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| meagre | /x | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| rainy | /x | Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| unsatisfying | x/xxx | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| stormy | /x | Adjective |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| execrable | x/xx | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| joyless | /x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| stagnant | /x | Adjective |
| moribund | /xx | Noun |
| downbeat | x/ | Noun |
| unsurprising | xx/x | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| waste | / | Noun |
| disheartened | x/x | Verb |
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| demoralizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| apocalyptic | xxx/x | Noun |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| doomed | / | Verb |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| crushing | /x | Verb |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| doomsday | /x | Noun |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| cursed | / | Verb |
| dystopian | //xx | Adjective |
| scandalous | /xx | Adjective |
| sour | /x | Adjective |
| unholy | x/x | Adjective |
| howl | / | Noun |
| phantasms | x/x | Noun |
| forebodings | x/x | Noun |
| swamp | / | Noun |
| flop | / | Noun |
| yew | / | Noun |
| croak | / | Noun |
| dawns | / | Noun |
| groans | / | Noun |
| wail | / | Noun |
| dungeon | /x | Noun |
| lamentations | xx/x | Noun |
| showing | /x | Noun |
| prognosis | x/x | Noun |
| woe | / | Noun |
| prospect | /x | Noun |
| monotony | x/xx | Noun |
| den | / | Noun |
| failures | /x | Noun |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| acropolis | x/xx | Noun |
| aisles | / | Noun |
| anachronism | x/xxx | Noun |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| annunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| antichrist | xx/ | Noun |
| ardour | /x | Noun |
| backs | / | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bastions | /x | Verb |
| beach | / | Noun, Verb |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| bed | / | Noun, Verb |
| bedroom | /x | Noun |
| bedstead | /x | Noun |
| bells | / | Noun |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| blaze | / | Noun, Verb |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dim | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dusky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| eerie | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| enchanting | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| ghoulish | /x | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| hoarse | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| resounding | x/x | Adjective |
| rotten | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| smart | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| sombre | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| spooky | /x | Adjective |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unit | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
