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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| mournful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| plaintive | /x | Adjective |
| wistful | /x | Adjective |
| reproachful | x/x | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| tremulous | /xx | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| quizzical | /xx | Adjective |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| anguished | /x | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pensive | /x | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| sonorous | /xx | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| melodious | x/xx | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| joyous | /x | Adjective |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| downbeat | x/ | Noun |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| sepulchral | xxx | Adjective |
| elegiac | /xxx | Noun |
| downcast | /x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pitying | /xx | Noun |
| lascivious | x/xx | Adjective |
| tuneful | /x | Adjective |
| exultant | x/x | Adjective |
| clamorous | /xx | Adjective |
| triumphant | x/x | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| droll | / | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| dirge | / | Noun |
| lilting | /x | Noun |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| cheery | /x | Adjective |
| querulous | /xx | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| tearful | /x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| lament | x/ | Noun |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| stoical | /xx | Adjective |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| languid | /x | Adjective |
| lamentations | xx/x | Noun |
| grisly | /x | Adjective |
| joyful | /x | Adjective |
| lusty | /x | Adjective |
| moody | /x | Name |
| gray | / | Noun |
| maudlin | /x | Noun |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| remorseful | x/x | Adjective |
| weepy | /x | Adjective |
| watery | /xx | Noun |
| soulful | /x | Adjective |
| teary | /x | Adjective |
| sober | /x | Adjective |
| funereal | x/xx | Adjective |
| leaden | /x | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| hums | / | Verb |
| knell | / | Noun |
| dumps | / | Noun |
| ditty | /x | Noun |
| tolling | /x | Noun |
| plaint | / | Noun |
| howl | / | Noun |
| wail | / | Noun |
| shrieks | / | Noun |
| litany | /xx | Noun |
| forebodings | x/x | Noun |
| sighs | / | Noun |
| cries | / | Noun |
| yells | / | Noun |
| groans | / | Noun |
| tidings | /x | Noun |
| anticipations | xxx/x | Noun |
| visage | /x | Noun |
| refrain | x/ | Noun |
| prophecies | /xx | Noun |
| whine | / | Noun |
| shake | / | Noun |
| chant | / | Noun |
| countenance | /xx | Noun |
| hymn | / | Noun |
| tune | / | Noun |
| ballad | /x | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| avail | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| buy | / | Verb, Noun |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| depart | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| disappearing | xx/x | Noun |
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| docs | / | Noun |
| feel | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hath | / | Verb |
| heartrending | //x | Adjective |
| improving | x/x | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| know | / | Verb, Noun |
| lie | / | Verb, Noun |
| makes | / | Verb |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| rending | /x | Noun |
| thrilling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| weird | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
