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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| meddling | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| busy | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| interfering | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| pompous | /x | Adjective | 
| truculent | /xx | Adjective | 
| obsequious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| supercilious | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective | 
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| overbearing | /x/x | Adjective | 
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective | 
| surly | /x | Adjective | 
| insolent | /xx | Adjective | 
| brusque | / | Adjective | 
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective | 
| garrulous | /xx | Adjective | 
| haughty | /x | Adjective | 
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| avaricious | /xxxx | Adjective | 
| overzealous | xx/x | Adjective | 
| impudent | x/x | Adjective | 
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| prissy | /x | Noun | 
| sanctimonious | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective | 
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| contemptuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| bureaucratic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| solicitous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective | 
| uptight | x/ | Adjective | 
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective | 
| gruff | / | Adjective | 
| rude | / | Adjective | 
| affable | /xx | Adjective | 
| petulant | /xx | Adjective | 
| boorish | /x | Adjective | 
| nosy | /x | Adjective | 
| unsmiling | x/x | Adjective | 
| irascible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| querulous | /xx | Adjective | 
| snooty | /x | Noun | 
| presumptuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| capricious | x/x | Adjective | 
| diffident | /xx | Adjective | 
| obtrusive | x/x | Adjective | 
| obliging | x/x | Adjective | 
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun | 
| pedantic | x/x | Adjective | 
| overweening | xx/x | Adjective | 
| peevish | /x | Adjective | 
| bumbling | /xx | Adjective | 
| smug | / | Adjective | 
| spiteful | /x | Adjective | 
| ungracious | x/x | Adjective | 
| unctuous | /x | Adjective | 
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective | 
| humorless | /xx | Adjective | 
| bossy | /x | Noun | 
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| dictatorial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| bureaucrats | /xx | Noun | 
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective | 
| snobbish | /x | Adjective | 
| unscrupulous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| sullen | /x | Adjective | 
| snotty | /x | Adjective | 
| despotic | x/x | Adjective | 
| matronly | /xx | Adjective | 
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective | 
| exasperated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective | 
| annoyingly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| indignant | x/x | Adjective | 
| venal | /x | Adjective | 
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| irate | x/ | Adjective | 
| inept | x/ | Adjective | 
| importunate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| impolite | xxx | Adjective | 
| jovial | /xx | Adjective | 
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective | 
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| bitchy | /x | Adjective | 
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective | 
| officialdom | x/xx | Noun | 
| jocular | /xx | Adjective | 
| harried | /x | Adjective | 
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective | 
| autocratic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| ornery | /xx | Adjective | 
| mindful | /x | Adjective | 
| tall | / | Adjective | 
| fain | / | Noun | 
| assisting | x/x | Verb | 
| respective | x/x | Adjective | 
| hold | / | Noun | 
| condolence | x/x | Noun | 
| bystander | /xx | Noun | 
| waiters | /x | Noun | 
| warden | /x | Noun | 
| attentions | x/x | Noun | 
| clamor | /x | Noun | 
| worrying | /xx | Verb | 
| zeal | / | Noun | 
| policeman | x/x | Noun | 
| interference | xx/x | Noun | 
| clerk | / | Noun | 
| haste | / | Noun | 
| inspector | x/x | Noun | 
| attendants | x/x | Noun | 
| exertions | x/x | Noun | 
| fool | / | Noun | 
| intrusion | x/x | Noun | 
| lies | / | Noun | 
| neighbour | /x | Noun | 
| kindness | /x | Noun | 
| offers | /x | Noun | 
| act | / | Verb | 
| slave | / | Noun | 
| nurse | / | Noun | 
| tone | / | Noun | 
| stranger | /x | Noun | 
| gentlemen | /xx | Noun | 
| servant | /x | Noun | 
| official | x/x | Noun | 
| guard | / | Noun | 
| armbands | /x | Noun | 
| aurora | x/x | Name | 
| aviary | /xxx | Noun | 
| ballroom | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| blazers | /x | Noun | 
| blotter | /x | Noun | 
| boyhood | /x | Noun | 
| callous | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| canteen | x/ | Noun | 
| capable | /xx | Adjective | 
| chaps | / | Noun | 
| claret | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| comet | /x | Noun | 
| considerate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| cormorants | /xx | Noun | 
| couriers | /xx | Noun | 
| diligent | /xx | Adjective | 
| dinner | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| disinterested | x/xx | Adjective | 
| faced | / | Adjective | 
| flustered | /x | Adjective | 
| fussy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| informal | x/x | Adjective | 
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| sacrificing | /xxx | Verb | 
| tactless | /x | Adjective | 
| talkative | /xx | Adjective | 
| unofficial | xx/x | Adjective | 
| zealous | /x | Adjective | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
