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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| abused | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| reviled | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Adjective |
| benign | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| denigrated | /xxx | Verb |
| vilified | /xx | Verb |
| disparaged | x/x | Verb |
| demonized | /xx | Verb |
| slandered | /x | Verb |
| derided | x/x | Verb |
| ridiculed | /xx | Verb |
| misrepresented | xxx/x | Verb |
| misunderstood | xxx/ | Verb |
| shunned | / | Verb |
| defamed | x/ | Verb |
| demeaned | x/ | Verb |
| despised | x/ | Verb |
| mocked | / | Verb |
| lambasted | x/x | Verb |
| revered | x/ | Adjective |
| loathed | / | Verb |
| mistreated | x/x | Verb |
| neglected | x/x | Verb |
| disrespected | xx/x | Verb |
| scorned | / | Verb |
| stigmatized | /xx | Verb |
| victimized | /xx | Verb |
| exploited | /xx | Verb |
| berated | x/x | Verb |
| excoriated | x/xxx | Verb |
| savaged | /x | Verb |
| criticized | /xx | Verb |
| chastised | x/ | Verb |
| persecuted | /xxx | Verb |
| harassed | x/ | Verb |
| mistrusted | x/x | Verb |
| ostracized | /xx | Verb |
| misused | x/ | Verb |
| castigated | /xxx | Verb |
| detested | x/x | Verb |
| caricatured | x/xx | Verb |
| hounded | /x | Verb |
| lauded | /x | Verb |
| eviscerated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| underrated | xx/x | Adjective |
| disowned | x/ | Verb |
| overlooked | /xx | Verb |
| marginalized | /xxx | Verb |
| insulted | x/x | Verb |
| underappreciated | /xx/xxx | Adjective |
| bashed | / | Verb |
| trashed | / | Verb |
| sullied | /x | Verb |
| usurped | x/ | Verb |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| degraded | x/x | Adjective |
| undermined | xx/ | Verb |
| distrusted | x/x | Verb |
| disdained | x/ | Verb |
| undervalued | /xxx | Adjective |
| defended | x/x | Verb |
| alienated | /xxxx | Verb |
| ignored | x/ | Verb |
| unfairly | x/x | Adverb |
| snubbed | / | Verb |
| unjustly | x/x | Adverb |
| spurned | / | Verb |
| disregarded | xx/x | Verb |
| slighted | /x | Verb |
| antagonized | x/xx | Verb |
| discredited | x/xx | Verb |
| betrayed | x/ | Verb |
| misinterpreted | xx/xx | Verb |
| disgraced | x/ | Verb |
| forsaken | x/x | Verb |
| attacked | x/ | Verb |
| reinvented | xx/x | Verb |
| unjustifiably | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| skewered | /x | Adjective |
| championed | /xx | Verb |
| patronized | /xx | Verb |
| condemned | x/ | Verb |
| devalued | x/x | Verb |
| maltreated | x/x | Adjective |
| oppressed | x/ | Adjective |
| underperforming | /xxxx | Adjective |
| abandoned | x/x | Verb |
| mishandled | x/x | Verb |
| subverted | x/x | Verb |
| roundly | /x | Adverb |
| terrorized | /xx | Verb |
| taunted | /x | Verb |
| criticised | /xx | Verb |
| debased | x/ | Verb |
| tarnished | /x | Adjective |
| brutalized | /xx | Verb |
| denounced | x/ | Verb |
| unloved | x/ | Adjective |
| manhandled | /xx | Verb |
| hamstrung | /x | Verb |
| pummeled | /x | Verb |
| belittled | x/x | Verb |
| subjugated | /xxx | Adjective |
| harmed | / | Verb |
| beleaguered | x/x | Adjective |
| affronted | x/x | Verb |
| sneering | /x | Verb |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| deprecated | /xxx | Verb |
| derogatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective |
| pejorative | x/xx | Adjective |
| scandalous | /xx | Adjective |
| contemptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| aflame | x/ | Noun |
| invidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| aggrieved | x/ | Adjective |
| hateful | /x | Adjective |
| hated | /x | Verb |
| scurvy | /x | Noun |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| resentful | x/x | Adjective |
| humiliated | x/xxx | Verb |
| dishonored | x/x | Verb |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| insolent | /xx | Adjective |
| contemptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| libelous | /xx | Adjective |
| marked | / | Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| monsters | /x | Noun |
| race | / | Noun |
| profession | x/x | Noun |
| creature | /x | Noun |
| concept | /x | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun |
| group | / | Noun |
| man | / | Noun |
| states | / | Noun |
| character | /xx | Noun |
| person | /x | Noun |
| woman | /x | Noun |
| been | / | Verb |
| much | / | Noun |
| afflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| apolitical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| autonomous | x/xx | Adjective |
| detestable | x/xx | Adjective |
| doomed | / | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| inoffensive | xx/x | Adjective |
| loving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| moribund | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| noble | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| powerless | /xx | Adjective |
| reclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| tormented | /xx | Adjective |
| unnamed | x/ | Adjective |
| virile | /x | Adjective |
| wronged | / | Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
