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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| domineering | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| tyrannical | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| repressive | x/x | Adjective |
| dictatorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| overbearing | /x/x | Adjective |
| stifling | /x | Noun, Verb |
| unjust | x/ | Adjective |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| totalitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| suffocating | /xxx | Adjective |
| autocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| despotic | x/x | Adjective |
| stultifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| tyranny | /xx | Noun |
| oppressing | x/x | Verb |
| authoritarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective |
| dehumanizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| militaristic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| patriarchal | xx/x | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| undemocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| misogynistic | /xxxx | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| theocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| inequitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| imperialistic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| communistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| archaic | x/x | Name |
| discriminatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| paternalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| constrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| ungodly | x/x | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| exclusionary | x/xxx | Noun |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| regressive | x/x | Adjective |
| anachronistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| hypocritical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| repugnant | x/x | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| capitalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| suppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| dictatorship | x/xx | Noun |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| antidemocratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| bigoted | /xx | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| subversive | x/x | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| chauvinistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| antiquated | /xxx | Adjective |
| puritanical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| illiberal | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective |
| feudal | /x | Adjective |
| uncaring | x/x | Adjective |
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tyrant | /x | Noun |
| hegemonic | xx/x | Adjective |
| claustrophobic | xx/x | Adjective |
| monopolistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| rapacious | x/x | Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| outmoded | x/x | Adjective |
| overpowering | /x/x | Adjective |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| ridden | /x | Adjective |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| intolerant | x/xx | Adjective |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| tormenting | /xx | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| gainful | /x | Noun |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| insupportable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| beleaguered | x/x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective |
| galling | /x | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| anguished | /x | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| invidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| exactions | x/x | Noun |
| liberating | /xxx | Verb |
| patriarchy | /xxx | Noun |
| burthen | /x | Noun |
| narrowness | /xx | Noun |
| yoke | / | Noun |
| exhalations | xx/x | Noun |
| heat | / | Noun |
| alienating | /xxxx | Verb |
| stillness | /x | Noun |
| regimes | x/ | Noun |
| dominating | /xxx | Verb |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| blinding | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| bossy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| constraint | x/ | Noun |
| dazzling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| excessive | x/x | Adjective |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| humid | /x | Adjective |
| improper | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| neocolonial | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| permissive | x/x | Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| punitive | /xx | Adjective |
| sweaty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| undue | x/ | Adjective |
| wanton | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
