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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| alarming | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb |
| horrific | x/x | Adverb, Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb |
| dreadful | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| fearsome | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb |
| dire | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| feared | / | Verb |
| loathed | / | Verb |
| impending | x/x | Adjective |
| hated | /x | Verb |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| pesky | /x | Adjective |
| infamous | /xx | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| detested | x/x | Verb |
| plagued | / | Verb |
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective |
| scourge | / | Noun |
| looming | /x | Verb |
| nightmare | /x | Noun |
| banished | /x | Verb |
| nemesis | /xx | Noun |
| avoided | x/x | Verb |
| encountered | x/x | Verb |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| succumbed | x/ | Verb |
| fabled | /x | Adjective |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| blasted | /x | Adjective |
| stinking | /x | Noun |
| panicked | /x | Verb |
| stuck | / | Verb |
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| despised | x/ | Verb |
| nagging | /x | Noun |
| accursed | x/ | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| godforsaken | /x/x | Noun |
| notorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| infernal | x/x | Noun |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| spectre | /x | Noun |
| cringing | /x | Noun |
| tackling | /x | Verb |
| shunned | / | Verb |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| called | / | Verb |
| disliked | x/ | Verb |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ditching | /x | Noun |
| skipped | / | Verb |
| damnable | x/x | Adjective |
| battling | /xx | Verb |
| anticipated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| petrified | /xx | Adjective |
| errant | /x | Noun |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| bemoaned | x/ | Verb |
| infested | x/x | Adjective |
| cursed | / | Verb |
| abhorred | x/ | Verb |
| conquering | /xx | Noun |
| endured | x/ | Verb |
| lingering | /xx | Adjective |
| perils | /x | Noun |
| escaped | x/ | Verb |
| confronted | x/x | Verb |
| rejection | x/x | Noun |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| recurring | x/x | Adjective |
| reappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| postponing | x/x | Verb |
| termed | / | Verb |
| eliminating | x/xxx | Verb |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| daunted | /x | Verb |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective |
| unholy | x/x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| scorned | / | Verb |
| afraid | x/ | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| hateful | /x | Adjective |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| disgusting | x/x | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| doomsday | /x | Noun |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| tormented | /xx | Adjective |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| doomed | / | Verb |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| appalled | x/ | Verb |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| detestable | x/xx | Adjective |
| repulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| forbidding | x/x | Verb |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| foul | / | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| unquiet | x/x | Noun |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| specter | /x | Noun |
| pestilence | /xx | Noun |
| warlord | /x | Noun |
| foe | / | Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| pirate | /x | Noun |
| affliction | x/x | Noun |
| killer | /x | Noun |
| drudgery | /xx | Noun |
| monster | /x | Noun |
| demon | /x | Noun |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| dragon | /x | Noun |
| ailment | /x | Noun |
| chore | / | Noun |
| adversary | /xxx | Noun |
| rival | /x | Noun |
| enemy | /xx | Noun |
| adhering | x/x | Verb |
| afflicting | x/x | Noun |
| approaching | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| awesome | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| blessed | / | Name, Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| chargeable | /xx | Adjective |
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| deadliest | /xx | Adjective |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| doth | / | Verb, Noun |
| dwelt | / | Verb, Noun |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| famed | / | Adjective |
| famous | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| glorious | /xx | Adjective |
| gnawing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| impotent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| loved | / | Adjective |
| manifest | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| redoubtable | x/xx | Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| selfsame | // | Noun, Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| very | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| won | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
