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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unfavorable | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| irreconcilable | x/xxxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| enemy | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Verb, Adjective |
| opposing | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| opponent | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| belligerent | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| at loggerheads | //xx | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| friendly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| hostility | x/xx | Noun |
| adversarial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| combative | x/x | Adjective |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| distrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| warlike | /x | Adjective |
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| hospitable | //xx | Adjective |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective |
| intolerant | x/xx | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| virulent | /xx | Adjective |
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective |
| uncooperative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| tolerant | /xx | Adjective |
| congenial | x/x | Adjective |
| alienated | /xxxx | Verb |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| condescending | xx/x | Adjective |
| bloodthirsty | /xx | Adjective |
| mutinous | /xx | Adjective |
| savage | /x | Noun |
| vitriolic | xx/x | Noun |
| treacherous | /xx | Adjective |
| bigoted | /xx | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| alien | /xx | Noun |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| prejudiced | /xx | Adjective |
| predatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective |
| intimidating | x/xxx | Verb, Noun |
| boorish | /x | Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| dismissive | x/x | Adjective |
| disloyal | x/x | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| supportive | x/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| sympathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| conciliatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| xenophobic | xx/x | Adjective |
| insecure | /xx | Adjective |
| antagonizing | x/xxx | Verb |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| harassing | x/x | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| resentful | x/x | Adjective |
| quarrelsome | /xx | Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| uncivil | x/x | Noun |
| repugnant | x/x | Adjective |
| agitated | /xxx | Adjective |
| boisterous | /xx | Adjective |
| nonthreatening | x/xx | Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| militant | /xx | Adjective |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| besieged | x/ | Verb |
| guarded | /x | Verb |
| volatile | /xx | Adjective |
| uncivilized | x/xx | Adjective |
| attacking | x/x | Verb |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| downright | /x | Adjective |
| peaceable | /xx | Adjective |
| strident | /x | Adjective |
| receptive | x/x | Adjective |
| disaffected | xx/x | Adjective |
| militarized | /xxx | Adjective |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective |
| adversaries | /xxx | Noun |
| malign | x/ | Adjective |
| aloof | x/ | Adjective, Adverb |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective |
| unsavory | x/xx | Adjective |
| vociferous | x/xx | Adjective |
| insubordinate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| antisocial | xx/x | Adjective |
| mean | / | Noun |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| forbidding | x/x | Verb |
| hateful | /x | Adjective |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| villainous | /xx | Adjective |
| unkindly | x/x | Adverb |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| invidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| unsuitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| toxic | /x | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective |
| ungracious | x/x | Adjective |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| contemptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| hindering | /xx | Verb |
| takeovers | /xx | Noun |
| jeering | /x | Verb |
| nagas | /x | Noun |
| sioux | / | Name |
| apaches | x/x | Name |
| openly | /xx | Adverb |
| indians | /xx | Name |
| encirclement | x/xx | Noun |
| stares | / | Noun |
| hallways | /x | Noun |
| sexism | /xx | Noun |
| camps | / | Noun |
| tribesmen | /x | Noun |
| natives | /x | Noun |
| regimes | x/ | Verb |
| bids | / | Noun |
| reception | x/x | Noun |
| mobs | / | Noun |
| estranged | x/ | Verb |
| adversity | x/xx | Noun |
| advisers | x/x | Noun |
| aggression | x/x | Noun |
| amicable | /xxx | Adjective |
| animosity | xx/xx | Noun |
| animus | /xx | Noun |
| antagonism | x/xxx | Noun |
| anti | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| anticlerical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| arab | /x | Adjective, Name |
| averse | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| backers | /x | Noun |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| club | / | Noun, Verb |
| communist | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| company | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| counterrevolutionary | xxxx/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| depart | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| disadvantageous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| enmity | /xx | Noun |
| fascist | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| feud | / | Noun, Verb |
| foe | / | Noun, Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| fugitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| hawkish | /x | Adjective |
| imperialist | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| insurgent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| newspapers | /xx | Noun |
| offensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| opposite | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| opposition | xx/x | Noun |
| parties | /x | Noun |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| raid | / | Noun, Verb |
| rebellious | x/x | Adjective |
| refractory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| repressive | x/x | Adjective |
| reside | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| resistant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| rival | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| runner | /x | Noun |
| serving | /x | Noun |
| sprinter | /x | Noun |
| sub | / | Noun, Verb |
| subversive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| warring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| zone | / | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
