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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| baleful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| forbidding | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| inauspicious | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| forebodings | x/x | Noun |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| spooky | /x | Noun |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| apocalyptic | xxx/x | Noun |
| startling | /x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| innocuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| intriguing | x/x | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| unmistakable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| thunderous | /xx | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| weird | / | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| grisly | /x | Adjective |
| lurid | /x | Adjective |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| surreal | x/ | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| alluring | x/x | Adjective |
| freaky | /x | Noun |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| portents | /x | Noun |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| subtle | /x | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| prophetic | x/x | Adjective |
| jarring | /x | Noun |
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| haunting | /x | Noun |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| otherworldly | /x/x | Adjective |
| majestic | x/x | Adjective |
| macabre | x/x | Noun |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| stark | / | Name |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| evocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| prodigious | x/x | Adjective |
| propitious | x/x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| tempestuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| lowery | /xx | Name |
| sepulchral | xxx | Adjective |
| concerning | x/x | Verb |
| moody | /x | Name |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| suggestive | x/x | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| stormy | /x | Adjective |
| indicative | x/xx | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| numinous | /xx | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| cautionary | /xxx | Adjective |
| mortal | /x | Adjective |
| exemplary | x/xx | Adjective |
| rumblings | /xx | Noun |
| foreshadowing | x/xx | Noun |
| rumbles | /x | Noun |
| creaking | /x | Noun |
| harbinger | /xx | Noun |
| foretaste | x/ | Noun |
| crackling | /x | Noun |
| premonitions | xx/x | Noun |
| specter | /x | Noun |
| growls | / | Noun |
| undertones | /xx | Noun |
| quiet | /x | Noun |
| hush | / | Noun |
| warnings | /x | Noun |
| lull | / | Noun |
| rattle | /x | Noun |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| developments | x/xx | Noun |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| fateful | /x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| heartening | /xx | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hopeful | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| malign | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| reassuring | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| threat | / | Noun, Verb |
| tragic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| tremendous | x/x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unholy | x/x | Adjective |
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective |
| worrying | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
