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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| harrowing | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| grueling | /xx | Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| excruciating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| nightmare | /x | Noun |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| escapade | /xx | Noun |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| incident | /xx | Noun |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| journey | /x | Noun |
| hardship | /x | Noun |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| saga | /x | Noun |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| unpleasantness | x/xx | Noun |
| humiliating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| travails | x/ | Noun |
| aftermath | /xx | Noun |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| endure | x/ | Verb |
| odyssey | /xx | Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| procedure | x/x | Noun |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| process | /x | Noun |
| struggle | /x | Noun |
| tiring | /x | Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| mishap | /x | Noun |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| recounting | x/x | Noun |
| torment | /x | Noun |
| horrors | /x | Noun |
| troubles | /x | Noun |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| altercation | xx/x | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| indignity | x/xx | Noun |
| torture | /x | Noun |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| exhausting | x/x | Adjective |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| eventful | x/x | Adjective |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| lengthy | /x | Adjective |
| illness | /x | Noun |
| agonising | /xxx | Adjective |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| madness | /x | Noun |
| interrogation | xxx/x | Noun |
| painstaking | /xx | Adjective |
| affliction | x/x | Noun |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unscathed | x/ | Adjective |
| turmoil | /x | Noun |
| mortifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| devastation | xx/x | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| inconvenience | xx/x | Noun |
| trial | /x | Noun |
| tribulations | xx/x | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| craziness | /xx | Noun |
| upheaval | x/x | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| life | / | Noun |
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| battle | /x | Noun |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| tale | / | Noun |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| carnage | /x | Noun |
| experience | x/xx | Noun |
| hassle | /x | Noun |
| ailment | /x | Noun |
| fallout | /x | Noun |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| grief | / | Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| gauntlet | /x | Noun |
| crucifixion | xx/x | Noun |
| trial by ordeal | /x/// | Phrase, Noun |
| baptism of fire | /xx//x | Phrase, Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| fire | /x | Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| hard labor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| siege | / | Noun |
| peril | /x | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| duel | /x | Noun |
| expedition | xx/x | Noun |
| death grip | // | Phrase, Noun |
| stroke | / | Noun |
| inquisition | xx/x | Noun |
| fight | / | Noun |
| face off | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| encounter | x/x | Noun |
| challenge | /x | Noun |
| outrage | /x | Noun |
| mayhem | /x | Noun |
| retribution | xx/x | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| slaughter | /x | Noun |
| contest | /x | Noun |
| peine forte et dure | /xxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| tort | / | Noun |
| triumph | /x | Noun |
| utterance | /xx | Noun |
| armageddon | xx/x | Name |
| inquest | /x | Noun |
| offense | x/ | Noun |
| wounding | /x | Noun |
| walling | /x | Noun |
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| hardball | /x | Noun |
| longhouse | /x | Noun |
| steeling | /x | Verb |
| twain | / | Name |
| initiatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| recuperated | x/xxx | Verb |
| nevins | /x | Name |
| meredith | /xx | Name |
| bier | / | Noun |
| unharmed | x/ | Verb |
| civility | x/xx | Noun |
| adversity | x/xx | Noun |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| assay | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beating | /x | Noun |
| bout | / | Noun, Verb |
| calvary | /xx | Name |
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| epic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| evidence | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| examination | xxx/x | Noun |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| forgotten | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| happier | /xx | Adjective |
| irradiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| killing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| martyrdom | /xx | Noun |
| menace | /x | Noun, Verb |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| pangs | / | Verb |
| peaceful | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| privations | x/x | Noun |
| probation | x/x | Noun |
| proof | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| purgative | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| redress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| retrial | x/x | Noun |
| reversal | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| sadder | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| scourge | / | Noun, Verb |
| storm | / | Noun, Verb |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| test | / | Noun, Verb |
| toll | / | Noun, Verb |
| tussle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| untenable | x/xx | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
