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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| shocking | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| bright | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| sensational | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| colorless | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| salacious | x/x | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| grisly | /x | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| titillating | /xxx | Adjective |
| prurient | /xx | Adjective |
| lascivious | x/xx | Adjective |
| florid | /x | Adjective |
| garish | /x | Adjective |
| vivid | /x | Adjective |
| gaudy | /x | Adjective |
| gory | /x | Noun |
| scandalous | /xx | Adjective |
| raunchy | /x | Adjective |
| trashy | /x | Adjective |
| ribald | /x | Adjective |
| scurrilous | /xx | Adjective |
| sleazy | /x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| macabre | x/x | Noun |
| pornographic | xx/x | Adjective |
| outlandish | x/x | Adjective |
| lewd | / | Adjective |
| piquant | /x | Adjective |
| obscene | x/ | Adjective |
| saucy | /x | Adjective |
| pulpy | /x | Adjective |
| ghoulish | /x | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| fulsome | /x | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| hallucinatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| unflattering | x/xx | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| bawdy | /x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| seductive | x/x | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| torrid | /x | Noun |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| colourful | x/xx | Adjective |
| colorful | /xx | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| gratuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| provocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| juicy | /x | Noun |
| extravagant | x/xx | Adjective |
| gauzy | /x | Noun |
| flamboyant | x/x | Adjective |
| incendiary | x/xxx | Noun |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| skimpy | /x | Adjective |
| erotic | x/x | Adjective |
| startling | /x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| brazen | /x | Noun |
| copious | /xx | Adjective |
| riotous | /xx | Adjective |
| turgid | /x | Adjective |
| evocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| seedy | /x | Adjective |
| bombastic | x/x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| ravishing | /xx | Adjective |
| unseemly | x/x | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| zany | /x | Noun |
| sumptuous | /x | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| alluring | x/x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| redolent | /xx | Noun |
| racy | /x | Noun |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective |
| revolting | x/x | Adjective |
| ludicrous | /xx | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| staring | /x | Verb |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| ghostly | /x | Adjective |
| graphic | /x | Noun |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| fetid | /x | Adjective |
| amusing | x/x | Adjective |
| suspenseful | x/x | Adjective |
| aghast | x/ | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| breathtaking | /xx | Adjective |
| electrifying | x/xxx | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| livid | /x | Noun |
| terrific | x/x | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| astonishing | x/xx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| freakish | /x | Adjective |
| uncanny | x/x | Adjective |
| infernal | x/x | Noun |
| prodigious | x/x | Adjective |
| exposes | x/x | Noun |
| glare | / | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| tabloids | /x | Noun |
| lightnings | /x | Noun |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| gleams | / | Noun |
| paperbacks | /xx | Noun |
| sunset | /x | Noun |
| flames | / | Noun |
| posters | /x | Noun |
| imaginings | x/xx | Noun |
| thrillers | /x | Noun |
| covers | /x | Noun |
| playfulness | /xx | Noun |
| tales | / | Noun |
| blaze | / | Noun |
| abounds | x/ | Verb |
| absorbing | x/x | Adjective |
| blind | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| bluish | /x | Adjective |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| cloudy | /x | Adjective |
| coloured | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| coppery | /xx | Adjective |
| dazzling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| disappearing | xx/x | Noun |
| exciting | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| fraught | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| mountainous | /xx | Adjective |
| overcast | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| partake | x/ | Verb |
| positive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rainwater | /xx | Noun |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| reminiscent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| romanticized | x/xx | Adjective |
| ruddy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| rye | / | Noun |
| sexy | /x | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| spectacular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| surreal | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| surrealistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
