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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| beleaguered | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| difficile | /xx | Noun |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| hard | / | Adjective |
| gainful | /x | Noun |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| bogged | / | Verb |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| plagued | / | Verb |
| rocky | /x | Name |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| hard up | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective |
| ridden | /x | Adjective |
| diehard | /x | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| confounded | x/x | Verb |
| obdurate | /xx | Adjective |
| stuck | / | Verb |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| testing | /x | Noun |
| stiff | / | Adjective |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| inexorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| bound | / | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| fiendish | /x | Adjective |
| thwarted | /x | Verb |
| beaten | /x | Verb |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| strait | / | Noun |
| disheartened | x/x | Verb |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| obstinate | /xx | Adjective |
| worsted | /x | Adjective |
| disgruntled | x/x | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| blocked | / | Verb |
| doomed | / | Verb |
| refractory | x/xx | Adjective |
| shattered | /x | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| stumped | / | Verb |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| skittish | /x | Adjective |
| firm | / | Noun |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| tormented | /xx | Adjective |
| stuffed | / | Adjective |
| annoyed | x/ | Verb |
| hardened | /x | Adjective |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| close | / | Adjective |
| unachievable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective |
| uncompromising | x/xxx | Adjective |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| wedged | / | Verb |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| bedridden | /xx | Adjective |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| retarded | x/x | Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| under the weather | /xx/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| aground | x/ | Adverb |
| crushing | /x | Verb |
| fazed | / | Verb |
| laid up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| underfoot | xx/ | Adverb |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| handicapped | /xx | Noun |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| disconcerted | xx/x | Verb |
| fettered | /x | Verb |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| embarrassed | x/x | Verb |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unenviable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| put off | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| stuffy | /x | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| bad off | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| inextricable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| needy | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
