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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| distressing | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| worrying | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| perturbing | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| joyous | /x | Adjective |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| tearful | /x | Adjective |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| joyful | /x | Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| humiliating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| mortifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| unfavorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| pleasant | /x | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective |
| undignified | x/xx | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| displeasing | x/x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| turbulent | /xx | Adjective |
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective |
| inauspicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| excruciating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unmanageable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| regretful | x/x | Adjective |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| insupportable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| stormy | /x | Adjective |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| comical | /xx | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| tormenting | /xx | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| disruptive | x/x | Adjective |
| unquiet | x/x | Noun |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| dreaded | /x | Verb |
| strait | / | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| gainful | /x | Noun |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| provocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| tidings | /x | Noun |
| emblem | /x | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| emotions | x/x | Noun |
| cries | / | Noun |
| stroke | / | Noun |
| bread | / | Noun |
| country | /x | Noun |
| symptoms | /x | Noun |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
