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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| gloomy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dour | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| ghastly | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| grisly | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| stern | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| dismal | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| macabre | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| mordant | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| forbidding | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| black | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| inexorable | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| blue | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| stark | / | Name |
| downbeat | x/ | Noun |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| gritty | /x | Noun |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| grimy | /x | Adjective |
| apocalyptic | xxx/x | Noun |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| nihilistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| rosy | /x | Adjective |
| cheery | /x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| joyless | /x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| unpromising | x/xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| gloom | / | Noun |
| ghoulish | /x | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| lurid | /x | Adjective |
| deathly | /x | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| optimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| unflinching | x/x | Adjective |
| remorseless | x/x | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| stoical | /xx | Adjective |
| startling | /x | Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| bloody | /x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| surreal | x/ | Adjective |
| gaunt | / | Noun |
| cynical | /xx | Adjective |
| upbeat | /x | Adjective |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| gray | / | Noun |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| moody | /x | Name |
| infernal | x/x | Noun |
| lowery | /xx | Name |
| grave | / | Noun |
| glacial | /x | Noun |
| brown | / | Name |
| dank | / | Noun |
| reaper | /x | Noun |
| hagen | /x | Name |
| phantasm | x/x | Noun |
| ferryman | /xx | Noun |
| spectre | /x | Noun |
| specter | /x | Noun |
| jest | / | Noun |
| earnest | /x | Noun |
| reminder | x/x | Noun |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| adam | /x | Name |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| baxter | /x | Name |
| benson | /x | Name |
| betty | /x | Name, Verb |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| callous | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| cavendish | /xx | Name |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| crude | / | Adjective, Noun |
| darkened | /x | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dim | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| doyle | / | Name |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| dusky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| elliott | /xx | Name |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fraser | /x | Name |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| heartless | /x | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| margaret | /xx | Name |
| meredith | /xx | Name |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| nagging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| nelson | /x | Name |
| noah | /x | Name |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| rigid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| rodney | /x | Name |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sam | / | Name, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| scott | / | Name |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| sick | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sob | / | Noun, Verb |
| soul | / | Noun, Verb |
| spooky | /x | Adjective |
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| tense | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| tom | / | Name, Verb |
| tony | /x | Name, Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unbleached | x/ | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unholy | x/x | Adjective |
| upset | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| violent | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
