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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unsmiling | x/x | Adjective |
| funereal | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| sepulchral | xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| joyous | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| humorless | /xx | Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| passionless | /xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| soulless | /x | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| loveless | /x | Noun |
| monotonous | x/xx | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| boring | /x | Noun |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| sexless | /x | Adjective |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nihilistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| stultifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| unsatisfying | x/xxx | Adjective |
| vapid | /x | Adjective |
| purposeless | /xx | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| turgid | /x | Adjective |
| drudgery | /xx | Noun |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| humdrum | /x | Noun |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| joyful | /x | Adjective |
| aimless | /x | Adjective |
| lifeless | /x | Adjective |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| graceless | /x | Adjective |
| stodgy | /x | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| drab | / | Noun |
| bland | / | Noun |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| listless | /x | Adjective |
| apathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| unproductive | xx/x | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| masochistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| thoughtless | /x | Adjective |
| uninspired | xx/x | Adjective |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| fruitless | /x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| emotionless | x/xx | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| tedium | /xx | Noun |
| gleeful | /x | Adjective |
| solipsistic | x/xx | Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| unenthusiastic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| pallid | /x | Adjective |
| jolly | /x | Name |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| lonesome | /x | Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| disgruntled | x/x | Adjective |
| heartless | /x | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| down in the dumps | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| disheartened | x/x | Verb |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| unresponsive | xx/x | Adjective |
| triste | / | Noun |
| anguished | /x | Adjective |
| bereft | x/ | Noun |
| victor | /x | Noun |
| mien | / | Noun |
| fruition | x/x | Noun |
| monotony | x/xx | Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun |
| solitude | /xx | Noun |
| laugh | / | Noun |
| laughter | /x | Noun |
| existence | x/x | Noun |
| streets | / | Noun |
| wines | / | Noun |
| quest | / | Noun |
| childhood | /x | Noun |
| realms | / | Noun |
| smile | / | Noun |
| bed | / | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| marriage | /x | Noun |
| lives | / | Noun |
| routine | x/ | Noun |
| pursuit | x/ | Noun |
| youth | / | Noun |
| faces | /x | Noun |
| sex | / | Noun |
| wood | / | Noun |
| atmosphere | /xx | Noun |
| economy | x/xx | Noun |
| duty | /x | Noun |
| union | /x | Noun |
| future | /x | Noun |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| carefree | /x | Adjective |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| contented | x/x | Adjective |
| happier | /xx | Adjective |
| pleasant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| quiet | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| ridden | /x | Adjective |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| stoic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| untroubled | x/x | Adjective |
| weary | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
