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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| painful | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| torturing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| agonising | /xxx | Adjective |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| grueling | /xx | Adjective |
| unendurable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| pain | / | Noun |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| humiliating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| mortifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| exhausting | x/x | Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| unimaginable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| bearable | /xx | Adjective |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| indescribable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| unfathomable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| painstaking | /xx | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| exhilarating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| tiring | /x | Noun |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| nauseating | /xxx | Adjective |
| enduring | x/x | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| torment | /x | Noun |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| jarring | /x | Noun |
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| indignity | x/xx | Noun |
| unending | x/x | Adjective |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective |
| lengthy | /x | Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| wearying | /xx | Verb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| unbelievable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| surgical | /xx | Adjective |
| heartrending | //x | Adjective |
| sadistic | x/x | Adjective |
| gnawing | /x | Noun |
| grinding | /x | Noun |
| hurt | / | Noun |
| exacting | x/x | Adjective |
| splitting | /x | Noun |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| rasping | /x | Noun |
| bruising | /x | Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| killer | /x | Noun |
| exigent | /xx | Adjective |
| grieved | / | Verb |
| achy | /x | Noun |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| raging | /x | Verb |
| deathly | /x | Adjective |
| exhaustive | x/x | Adjective |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective |
| tearing | /x | Verb |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| backbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| dear | / | Noun |
| gouty | /x | Noun |
| slowness | /x | Noun |
| toothache | // | Noun |
| cramp | / | Noun |
| boredom | /x | Noun |
| pangs | / | Noun |
| headache | /x | Noun |
| suspense | x/ | Noun |
| detail | x/ | Noun |
| pun | / | Noun |
| wait | / | Noun |
| loneliness | /xx | Noun |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| shyness | /x | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| ache | / | Noun |
| politeness | x/x | Noun |
| bind | / | Noun |
| spasms | /x | Noun |
| thirst | / | Noun |
| abide | x/ | Verb |
| abrasive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| absorbing | x/x | Adjective |
| abstruse | x/ | Adjective |
| admiring | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| admits | x/ | Verb |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| affirm | x/ | Verb |
| agreeable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| alert | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| alien | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| caustic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| degenerate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fiery | /xx | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| racking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ugly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unsustainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| untenable | x/xx | Adjective |
| withering | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| wracking | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| wrenching | /x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
