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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| gruesome | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| grisly | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| offensive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| macabre | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| sepulchral | xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| charnel | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| hideously | /xxx | Adverb |
| dreadfully | /xx | Adverb |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| appallingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| frightfully | /xx | Adverb |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| ghoulish | /x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| damnable | x/x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| lurid | /x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| revolting | x/x | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| unspeakably | x/xx | Adverb |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| execrable | x/xx | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| bloody | /x | Adjective |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| freakish | /x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| infernal | x/x | Noun |
| ludicrous | /xx | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| despicable | x/xx | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| unseemly | x/x | Adjective |
| putrid | /x | Adjective |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| unholy | x/x | Adjective |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| glorious | /xx | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| repugnant | x/x | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| abysmal | x/x | Adjective |
| marvellous | /xx | Adjective |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| stupendous | x/x | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
| repulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| contemptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| ignoble | x/x | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fiendish | /x | Adjective |
| ravishing | /xx | Adjective |
| mortifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| gaudy | /x | Adjective |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| diabolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| filthy | /x | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| undignified | x/xx | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| ghostly | /x | Adjective |
| deathly | /x | Adjective |
| pallid | /x | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| spooky | /x | Noun |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| dusky | /x | Noun |
| pale | / | Adjective, Noun |
| ashen | /x | Adjective |
| blake | / | Name |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| nowhere | /x | Adverb |
| gleams | / | Verb |
| pallor | /x | Noun |
| wan | / | Name |
| spectres | /x | Noun |
| specter | /x | Noun |
| travesty | /xx | Noun |
| pinched | / | Verb |
| dew | / | Noun |
| trophy | /x | Noun |
| shambles | /x | Noun |
| apparition | xx/x | Noun |
| gallows | /x | Noun |
| leer | / | Noun |
| mingled | /x | Verb |
| parody | /xx | Noun |
| whiteness | /x | Noun |
| carnage | /x | Noun |
| masquerade | xx/ | Noun |
| shine | / | Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| beastly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| cowardly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| dastardly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| egregious | x/x | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| impermissible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| wicked | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| zero | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
