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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| distraught | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| agitated | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| overblown | xx/ | Adjective |
| maudlin | /x | Noun |
| histrionic | xx/x | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| overdone | /x/ | Verb |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| hyperbolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| cloying | /x | Adjective |
| hysterical | x/xx | Adjective |
| bombastic | x/x | Adjective |
| florid | /x | Adjective |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| unhinged | x/ | Adjective |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| repetitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| incoherent | xx/x | Adjective |
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective |
| turgid | /x | Adjective |
| grandiose | xx/ | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| sappy | /x | Adjective |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| weepy | /x | Adjective |
| overly | /xx | Adverb |
| uninspired | xx/x | Adjective |
| dopey | /x | Name |
| amateurish | /xxx | Adjective |
| overzealous | xx/x | Adjective |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| clunky | /x | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| muddled | /x | Adjective |
| repetitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| superfluous | /xx | Adjective |
| contrived | x/ | Verb |
| formulaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| impassioned | x/x | Adjective |
| saccharine | /xx | Noun |
| worked up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| nervous | /x | Adjective |
| uptight | x/ | Adjective |
| neurotic | x/x | Adjective |
| irritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| distressed | x/ | Adjective |
| alarmed | x/ | Verb |
| perturbed | x/ | Adjective |
| harried | /x | Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| flustered | /x | Verb |
| wired | /x | Adjective |
| exasperated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| jittery | /xx | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| taut | / | Adjective |
| wild | / | Adjective |
| shook | / | Verb |
| hypersensitive | xx/xx | Adjective |
| shaky | /x | Adjective |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| panicked | /x | Verb |
| frantic | /x | Adjective |
| cranky | /x | Adjective |
| vexed | / | Adjective |
| keyed up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| fit to be tied | //// | Phrase, Adjective |
| carried away | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| overweening | xx/x | Adjective |
| infuriated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| squeamish | /x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| emotionalism | x/xxxx | Noun |
| overworked | xx/ | Verb |
| nerves | / | Noun |
| imaginations | xxx/x | Noun |
| exhausted | x/x | Verb |
| brain | / | Noun |
| fancy | /x | Noun |
| prose | / | Noun |
| emotions | x/x | Noun |
| sensibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| excited | x/x | Verb |
| tired | /x | Verb |
| senses | /x | Noun |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| mind | / | Noun |
| feelings | /x | Noun |
| soul | / | Noun |
| excitement | x/x | Noun |
| condition | x/x | Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun |
| state | / | Noun |
| style | / | Noun |
| parent | /x | Noun |
| atmosphere | /xx | Noun |
| passion | /x | Noun |
| mood | / | Noun |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| men | / | Noun |
| wife | / | Noun |
| girl | / | Noun |
| woman | /x | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| child | / | Noun |
| heart | / | Noun |
| sounded | /x | Verb |
| language | /x | Noun |
| reaction | x/x | Noun |
| description | x/x | Noun |
| bit | / | Noun |
| became | x/ | Verb |
| seemed | / | Verb |
| was | / | Verb |
| apprehensive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| attuned | x/ | Adjective |
| awakened | x/x | Adjective |
| dazed | / | Adjective |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| demented | x/x | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| ebullient | x/x | Adjective |
| excitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| fervid | /x | Adjective |
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| jumpy | /x | Adjective |
| lively | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| perplexed | x/ | Adjective |
| preoccupied | x/xx | Adjective |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| strung | / | Adjective |
| theatrical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| vivacious | x/x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
