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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| noxious | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| subtle | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| perfidious | /xxx | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective |
| virulent | /xx | Adjective |
| damnable | x/x | Adjective |
| invidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| antidemocratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| despicable | x/xx | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| unsavory | x/xx | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| corrosive | x/x | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| diabolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| repugnant | x/x | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| egregious | x/x | Adjective |
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| rapacious | x/x | Adjective |
| seditious | x/x | Adjective |
| scandalous | /xx | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| subversive | x/x | Adjective |
| contemptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| illiberal | x/xx | Adjective |
| ineradicable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unwholesome | x/x | Adjective |
| sanguinary | /xxx | Adjective |
| unjustifiable | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| malign | x/ | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ignoble | x/x | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| malady | /xx | Noun |
| salutary | /xxx | Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| felonious | x/xx | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| tyrannical | x/xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| toxic | /x | Adjective |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| avaricious | /xxxx | Adjective |
| confounding | x/x | Noun |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| deceptive | x/x | Adjective |
| detestable | x/xx | Adjective |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| bigoted | /xx | Adjective |
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective |
| dishonest | x/x | Adjective |
| erroneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| poisoned | /x | Verb |
| mischievous | /xx | Adjective |
| prejudicial | xx/x | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| nagging | /x | Noun |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| tortious | /x | Adjective |
| hindering | /xx | Verb |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| toxicant | /xx | Noun |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| tormenting | /xx | Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| indolent | /xx | Adjective |
| worst | / | Adjective |
| mean | / | Noun |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| provoking | x/x | Adjective |
| envious | /xx | Adjective |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| degrading | x/x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| anemias | x/xx | Noun |
| casuistry | /xx | Noun |
| vomiting | /xx | Noun |
| weeds | / | Noun |
| catatonia | xx/xx | Noun |
| malaria | x/xx | Noun |
| toils | / | Noun |
| counsels | /x | Noun |
| heresies | /xx | Noun |
| habit | /x | Noun |
| mistaken | x/x | Verb |
| vermin | /x | Noun |
| superstition | xx/x | Noun |
| doctrines | /x | Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| condemned | x/ | Verb |
| rubbish | /x | Noun |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| animate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| anyone | /xx | Adjective |
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| confessional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| counterproductive | /xxxx | Adjective |
| de | / | Noun, Verb |
| debasing | x/x | Noun |
| demoralizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| distorted | x/x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| fateful | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hateful | /x | Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| immoral | x/x | Adjective |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| improbable | x/xx | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| kinky | /x | Adjective |
| lethal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| perverted | x/x | Adjective |
| prevalent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| reprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| spiritual | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| super | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unfavorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| unholy | x/x | Adjective |
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| warped | / | Adjective |
| wicked | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
