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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| harrowing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| agonizing | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| sore | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| excruciating | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| achy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| aching | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| smarting | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| torturing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| abominable | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| tender | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| bad | / | Verb, Adjective |
| stinging | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| burning | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| biting | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| wrenching | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| unpleasant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| tingling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prickling | /x | Noun, Noun |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| racking | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| chafed | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| galled | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| humiliating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| pain | / | Noun |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| mortifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| agonising | /xxx | Adjective |
| tiring | /x | Noun |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| jarring | /x | Noun |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| grueling | /xx | Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| exhilarating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unendurable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| exhausting | x/x | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| humbling | /xx | Adjective |
| unsatisfying | x/xxx | Adjective |
| hurts | / | Verb |
| bearable | /xx | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| cathartic | x/x | Noun |
| fatiguing | x/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| joyous | /x | Adjective |
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| tormenting | /xx | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| nagging | /x | Noun |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| lame | / | Noun |
| wounded | /x | Verb |
| mortal | /x | Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| gainful | /x | Noun |
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| unquiet | x/x | Noun |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| dreaded | /x | Verb |
| invidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| prejudicial | xx/x | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| urination | /x/x | Noun |
| defecation | x/xx | Noun |
| paresthesias | /xxxx | Noun |
| micturition | /x/x | Noun |
| swallowing | /xx | Noun |
| menstruation | xx/x | Noun |
| inflamed | x/ | Verb |
| boils | / | Noun |
| blisters | /x | Noun |
| spasms | /x | Noun |
| swollen | /x | Verb |
| neuroma | x/x | Noun |
| slowness | /x | Noun |
| throbbing | /x | Noun |
| engorged | // | Verb |
| erections | x/x | Noun |
| acrimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| affirmative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| arthritic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| bums | / | Noun |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chronic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| defensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| denials | x/x | Noun |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| disorienting | x/xxx | Adjective |
| doubt | / | Noun, Verb |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| elbow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hip | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| holy | /x | Name, Adjective |
| incoming | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mini | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| necessaries | /xxx | Noun |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| painstaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| particular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| penis | /x | Noun |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| pleasurable | /xxx | Adjective |
| poorly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| reminiscent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| secret | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| spasmodic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| spits | / | Noun |
| strait | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| unattractive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| weary | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
