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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| lumbering | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| plodding | /x | Verb |
| turgid | /x | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| clunky | /x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| languid | /x | Adjective |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| stolid | /x | Adjective |
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| weighty | /x | Adjective |
| leaden | /x | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| voluminous | x/xx | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| sonorous | /xx | Adjective |
| stodgy | /x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| creaky | /x | Adjective |
| gargantuan | x/xx | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| repetitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| slowness | /x | Noun |
| sinewy | /xx | Adjective |
| languorous | /xx | Adjective |
| supercilious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| clamorous | /xx | Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| lengthy | /x | Adjective |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| meandering | x/xx | Noun |
| unimpressive | xx/x | Adjective |
| thunderous | /xx | Adjective |
| eloquent | /xx | Adjective |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| flabby | /x | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| querulous | /xx | Adjective |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| puny | /x | Adjective |
| pensive | /x | Adjective |
| bureaucratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| lofty | /x | Adjective |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| majestic | x/x | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| inexorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| humorless | /xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| bulky | /x | Adjective |
| massy | /x | Noun |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| graceless | /x | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| frenetic | x/x | Adjective |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| erudite | /xx | Adjective |
| massive | /x | Adjective |
| hefty | /x | Adjective |
| heavyset | /xx | Noun |
| thick | / | Adjective |
| lumping | /x | Verb |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| hulking | /x | Noun |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| corpulent | /xx | Adjective |
| earnest | /x | Noun |
| monumental | xx/x | Adjective |
| immense | x/ | Adjective |
| stuffy | /x | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| prodigious | x/x | Adjective |
| stout | / | Noun |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| chunky | /x | Noun |
| imposing | x/x | Verb |
| mighty | /x | Adjective |
| stately | /x | Adjective |
| rigid | /x | Adjective |
| tomes | / | Noun |
| folios | /xx | Noun |
| mace | / | Noun |
| knocker | /x | Noun |
| timepiece | /x | Noun |
| scythe | / | Noun |
| waggon | /x | Noun |
| tread | / | Noun |
| lances | /x | Noun |
| remembrances | x/xx | Noun |
| hoofs | / | Noun |
| jaws | / | Noun |
| rust | / | Noun |
| verbiage | /xx | Noun |
| hammers | /x | Noun |
| breakers | /x | Noun |
| solemnity | x/xx | Noun |
| bulk | / | Noun |
| sarcasm | /xx | Noun |
| solidity | x/xx | Noun |
| gait | / | Noun |
| chiseled | /x | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| elephantine | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| gigantic | x/x | Adjective |
| heavyweight | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| impressive | x/x | Adjective |
| lifeless | /x | Adjective |
| major | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| serpentine | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
