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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| rough | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| abrasive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| unkind | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncompromising | x/xxx | Adjective |
| brusque | / | Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| unfavorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| caustic | /x | Noun |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Name |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| gritty | /x | Noun |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| cold | / | Noun |
| jarring | /x | Noun |
| mild | / | Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| heartless | /x | Adjective |
| savage | /x | Noun |
| snide | / | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| contemptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| gruff | / | Adjective |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| frigid | /x | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| callous | /x | Adjective |
| stark | / | Name |
| gentle | /x | Adjective |
| unjust | x/ | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| unnatural | x/xx | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| punitive | /xx | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| brutish | /x | Adjective |
| uncaring | x/x | Adjective |
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| lenient | /xx | Adjective |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| hypocritical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| derisive | x/x | Adjective |
| coarse | / | Adjective |
| judgmental | x/x | Adjective |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hateful | /x | Adjective |
| overbearing | /x/x | Adjective |
| shrill | / | Adjective |
| unflattering | x/xx | Adjective |
| bitchy | /x | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| dismissive | x/x | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| acrid | /x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| soft | / | Adjective |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| wimpy | /x | Name |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| stiff | / | Adjective |
| filthy | /x | Adjective |
| unpalatable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| crass | / | Noun |
| uncouth | // | Adjective |
| gory | /x | Noun |
| grill | / | Noun |
| crude | / | Noun |
| indelicate | x/xx | Adjective |
| foul | / | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| unsavory | x/xx | Adjective |
| unholy | x/x | Adjective |
| unkindly | x/x | Adverb |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| brackish | /x | Adjective |
| scraggly | /x | Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| hardened | /x | Adjective |
| gross | / | Name |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| unshaven | x/x | Adjective |
| croak | / | Noun |
| rasp | / | Noun |
| superego | xx/x | Noun |
| taskmaster | /xx | Noun |
| punishments | /xx | Noun |
| winters | /x | Noun |
| realities | x/xx | Noun |
| pluck | / | Verb |
| soaps | / | Noun |
| glare | / | Noun |
| disciplinarian | xxx/xx | Noun |
| absenteeism | xx/xx | Noun |
| acrimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| addiction | x/x | Noun |
| adhesions | x/x | Noun |
| adhesive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| affection | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| alcoholism | /xxxx | Noun |
| alveolar | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| anger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ankara | /xx | Name |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bereavement | x/x | Noun |
| beryllium | x/xx | Noun |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| boorish | /x | Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| cannula | /xx | Noun |
| catheter | /xx | Noun |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| corneal | x/ | Adjective |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| cow | / | Noun, Verb |
| crippling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cruelty | /x | Noun |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| demanding | x/x | Adjective |
| dependency | x/xx | Noun |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| deprivations | xx/x | Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| discordant | x/x | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| durum | /x | Noun |
| exacting | x/x | Adjective |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| grating | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| hardness | /x | Noun |
| hawkish | /x | Adjective |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hoarse | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective |
| kinder | /x | Name, Adverb |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mismatched | x/ | Adjective |
| noise | / | Noun, Verb |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| painstaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| rash | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| rigid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rigour | // | Noun |
| robust | x/ | Adjective |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| sharp | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| smooth | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| spicy | /x | Adjective |
| steep | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stern | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| strict | / | Adjective |
| stringency | /xx | Noun |
| strong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sudden | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| thorough | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| tight | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| unbleached | x/ | Adjective |
| uphill | // | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| virulent | /xx | Adjective |
| word | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
