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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| disheartened | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| discouraged | x/x | Verb, Adjective, Verb |
| bearish | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| demoralized | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| optimistic | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| pessimist | /xx | Noun |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| cynical | /xx | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective |
| nihilistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| upbeat | /x | Adjective |
| downbeat | x/ | Noun |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| hopeful | /x | Adjective |
| idealistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| defeatist | x/x | Adjective |
| sanguine | /x | Adjective |
| alarmist | x/x | Adjective |
| delusional | x/xx | Adjective |
| naive | x/ | Adjective |
| cynic | /x | Noun |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| sceptical | /xx | Adjective |
| unrealistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| cautious | /x | Adjective |
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| skeptical | /xx | Adjective |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| wishful | /x | Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| bullish | /x | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| grumpy | /x | Adjective |
| apocalyptic | xxx/x | Noun |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| paranoid | /xx | Noun |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| apathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| overconfident | xx/xx | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective |
| jaded | /x | Adjective |
| distrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| disillusioned | xx/x | Adjective, Verb |
| myopic | x/x | Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective |
| panicky | /xx | Adjective |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| realistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| shortsighted | //x | Adjective |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun |
| sympathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pragmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| deluded | x/x | Adjective |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| idealist | x/x | Noun |
| grouchy | /x | Noun |
| phlegmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| positive | /xx | Adjective |
| regretful | x/x | Adjective |
| jovial | /xx | Adjective |
| complacent | x/x | Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| wistful | /x | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| irrational | x/xx | Adjective |
| dismissive | x/x | Adjective |
| cheery | /x | Adjective |
| outlook | /x | Noun |
| neurotic | x/x | Adjective |
| blinkered | /x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| rosy | /x | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| doomsday | /x | Noun |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| doomed | / | Verb |
| waste | / | Noun |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| disappointed | xx/x | Verb |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| downcast | /x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| dystopian | //xx | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| worst | / | Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| down in the dumps | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| dead | / | Adjective |
| done for | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| crestfallen | /xx | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| testy | /x | Noun |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| sleazy | /x | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| damp | / | Adjective |
| schopenhauer | /xxx | Name |
| locking | /x | Noun |
| concurrency | x/xx | Noun |
| prognoses | x/x | Noun |
| rumination | xx/x | Noun |
| forecast | /x | Noun |
| weltanschauung | /x/x | Name |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| determinist | x/xx | Noun |
| predictions | x/x | Noun |
| forecasters | /xx | Noun |
| prophecies | /xx | Noun |
| view | / | Noun |
| anticipations | xxx/x | Noun |
| appraisal | x/x | Noun |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| anthropocentric | xxx/x | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| erroneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| evolutionist | xx/xx | Noun |
| historicist | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inaccurate | x/xx | Adjective |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| materialistic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| objectivist | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| passive | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| positivist | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| sombre | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| subjectivist | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
