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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| gruesome | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb |
| grim | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| macabre | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| gory | /x | Noun |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| bloody | /x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| sanguinary | /xxx | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| carnage | /x | Noun |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| sadistic | x/x | Adjective |
| unsavory | x/xx | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| revolting | x/x | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| startling | /x | Adjective |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| spooky | /x | Noun |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| bloodthirsty | /xx | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| cannibalistic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| unseemly | x/x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| disgusting | x/x | Adjective |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| ritualistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| horror | /x | Noun |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| ignoble | x/x | Adjective |
| ghostly | /x | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| terrific | x/x | Adjective |
| aghast | x/ | Adjective |
| freakish | /x | Adjective |
| gorgon | /x | Noun |
| nauseous | /x | Adjective |
| prodigious | x/x | Adjective |
| grizzled | /x | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun |
| savage | /x | Noun |
| uncanny | x/x | Adjective |
| grainy | /x | Adjective |
| scarry | /x | Name |
| hairy | /x | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| gravelly | /xx | Adjective |
| squeamish | /x | Adjective |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| deathly | /x | Adjective |
| freaky | /x | Noun |
| gibbet | /x | Noun |
| trophy | /x | Noun |
| spectres | /x | Noun |
| memento | x/x | Noun |
| souvenir | xx/ | Noun |
| phantoms | /x | Noun |
| torture | /x | Noun |
| relic | /x | Noun |
| aftermath | /xx | Noun |
| spectacle | /xx | Noun |
| killings | /x | Noun |
| tableau | x/ | Noun |
| parody | /xx | Noun |
| bear | / | Noun |
| chore | / | Noun |
| executions | xx/x | Noun |
| reminders | x/x | Noun |
| remains | x/ | Noun |
| massacre | /xx | Noun |
| heaps | / | Noun |
| corpse | / | Noun |
| fates | / | Noun |
| photos | /x | Noun |
| farce | / | Noun |
| discovery | x/xx | Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| occupant | /xx | Noun |
| tale | / | Noun |
| sight | / | Noun |
| deed | / | Noun |
| toll | / | Noun |
| climax | /x | Noun |
| cargo | /x | Noun |
| demise | x/ | Noun |
| footage | /x | Noun |
| details | x/ | Noun |
| ghost | / | Noun |
| joke | / | Noun |
| feast | / | Noun |
| slaughter | /x | Noun |
| monster | /x | Noun |
| skeletons | /xx | Noun |
| revenge | x/ | Noun |
| humor | /x | Noun |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| alligator | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| badger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bloodhound | /x | Noun |
| cat | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| chimp | / | Noun, Verb |
| chimpanzee | x/x | Noun |
| cobra | /x | Noun |
| cougar | /x | Noun |
| coyote | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| crocodile | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cub | / | Noun, Verb |
| egregious | x/x | Adjective |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| leopard | /x | Noun |
| lynx | / | Noun |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| raccoon | x/ | Noun |
| sow | / | Verb, Noun |
| ugly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
