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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| fearful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| extraordinary | xx/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Adjective |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| stupendous | x/x | Adjective |
| fright | / | Noun |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| damnable | x/x | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| grisly | /x | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| delightful | x/x | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| infernal | x/x | Noun |
| spooky | /x | Noun |
| ghoulish | /x | Adjective |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| splendid | /x | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| unimaginable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| glorious | /xx | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| marvellous | /xx | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| bestial | /x | Adjective |
| macabre | x/x | Noun |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| marvelous | /xx | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| freakish | /x | Adjective |
| terrors | /x | Noun |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| contemptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfathomable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| unseemly | x/x | Adjective |
| diabolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| freaky | /x | Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| unutterable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| unendurable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| fantastical | x/xx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| terrific | x/x | Adjective |
| deathly | /x | Adjective |
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inauspicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| devilish | /x | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| joyous | /x | Adjective |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| wondrous | /x | Adjective |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| unnatural | x/xx | Adjective |
| scared | / | Verb |
| fearing | /x | Verb |
| petrified | /xx | Adjective |
| scared to death | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| nervous | /x | Adjective |
| scared stiff | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| haunted | /x | Adjective |
| worried | /x | Verb |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| edgy | /x | Adjective |
| threatened | /x | Verb |
| windy | /x | Noun |
| shook | / | Verb |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| frantic | /x | Adjective |
| fluttered | /x | Verb |
| shaky | /x | Adjective |
| flabbergasted | /xxx | Verb |
| panic | /x | Noun |
| infuriated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| disturbed | x/ | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Verb |
| fiend | / | Noun |
| precipices | /xxx | Noun |
| ravages | /xx | Noun |
| spectres | /x | Noun |
| carnage | /x | Noun |
| mien | / | Noun |
| din | / | Noun |
| yells | / | Noun |
| grimaces | /xx | Noun |
| imprecations | xx/x | Noun |
| roaring | /x | Noun |
| tempests | x/ | Noun |
| chasms | /x | Noun |
| tortures | /x | Noun |
| butchery | /xx | Noun |
| shrieks | / | Noun |
| snob | / | Noun |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| chilling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| curse | / | Noun, Verb |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deviate | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| fond | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| genteel | x/ | Adjective |
| hairy | /x | Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| impudent | x/x | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| inspires | x/ | Verb |
| paternal | x/x | Adjective |
| pleasing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| pretension | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| provoking | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| queer | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| startling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| unjust | x/ | Adjective |
| witty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
