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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dysfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| adaptive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pathological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| intrapsychic | x//x | Adjective |
| aberrant | x/x | Adjective |
| maladjustment | xx/x | Noun |
| behaviors | x/x | Noun |
| abnormal | x/x | Adjective |
| hypertrophic | xx/x | Noun |
| pathogenic | xx/x | Adjective |
| biobehavioral | x/x/xx | Noun |
| disorganized | x/xx | Adjective |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| unsuitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| inept | x/ | Adjective |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| retarded | x/x | Adjective |
| unfit | x/ | Adjective |
| psycho | /x | Noun |
| negative | /xx | Adjective |
| faulty | /x | Adjective |
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective |
| impair | x/ | Verb |
| improper | x/x | Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| intolerant | x/xx | Adjective |
| unwholesome | x/x | Adjective |
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective |
| uncharacteristic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective |
| childish | /x | Adjective |
| inopportune | xxx/ | Adjective |
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| screwed up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| unbecoming | xx/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| inconsiderate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unmanly | x/x | Adjective |
| unkindly | x/x | Adverb |
| avoidant | x/x | Adjective |
| anomalous | x/xx | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| autistic | x/x | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| misplaced | x/ | Verb |
| wrong | / | Adjective |
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unfulfilled | xx/ | Adjective |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| weird | / | Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| incompatible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| polluting | x/x | Verb |
| aversive | x/x | Adjective |
| affected | x/x | Verb |
| depraved | x/ | Adjective |
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| incorrect | xx/ | Adjective |
| disaffected | xx/x | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| uncivilized | x/xx | Adjective |
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| perverted | x/x | Adjective |
| cognitions | x/x | Noun |
| schemas | /x | Noun |
| coping | /x | Noun |
| perfectionism | x/xxx | Noun |
| behaviours | x/x | Noun |
| attributions | /x/x | Noun |
| responding | x/x | Verb |
| distorted | x/x | Verb |
| cognitive | /xx | Noun |
| parenting | /xx | Noun |
| defenses | x/x | Noun |
| patterns | /x | Noun |
| response | x/ | Noun |
| appraisals | x/x | Noun |
| remodeling | x/xx | Noun |
| traits | / | Noun |
| thoughts | / | Noun |
| beliefs | x/ | Noun |
| functioning | /xx | Noun |
| habits | /x | Noun |
| eating | /x | Noun |
| style | / | Noun |
| denial | x/x | Noun |
| strategies | /xx | Noun |
| reactions | x/x | Noun |
| outcomes | /x | Noun |
| plasticity | x/xx | Noun |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| defences | x/x | Noun |
| avoidance | x/x | Noun |
| variants | /xx | Noun |
| learning | /x | Noun |
| interactions | xx/x | Noun |
| mechanisms | /xxx | Noun |
| guilt | / | Noun |
| attitudes | /xx | Noun |
| viewed | / | Verb |
| assumptions | x/x | Noun |
| emotions | x/x | Noun |
| extremes | x/ | Noun |
| delinquency | x/xx | Noun |
| aggression | x/x | Noun |
| maneuvers | x/x | Noun |
| thinking | /x | Noun |
| anger | /x | Noun |
| consequences | /xxx | Noun |
| tendencies | /xx | Noun |
| drinking | /x | Noun |
| prove | / | Verb |
| resolutions | xx/x | Noun |
| cycles | /x | Noun |
| abrasive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| activating | /xxx | Noun |
| addictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| adhesive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| aerobic | x/x | Adjective |
| affective | x/x | Adjective |
| alienating | /xxxx | Adjective |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| antisocial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| conflictual | x/xx | Adjective |
| counterproductive | /xxxx | Adjective |
| defeating | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| directional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| evolutionary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective |
| facilitative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| idiosyncratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| integrative | /xxx | Adjective |
| labile | /x | Adjective |
| mathematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| paranoid | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prosocial | xxx | Adjective |
| routinized | /xx | Adjective |
| semantic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| speaking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sustaining | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
