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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| knotty | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| debatable | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| impractical | x/xx | Adjective |
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| unproblematic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| disadvantageous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| suboptimal | xxxx | Adjective |
| unsurprising | xx/x | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| flawed | / | Adjective |
| disputable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unreliable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| problematized | /xxx | Verb |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| controversial | xx/x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| erroneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| unclear | x/ | Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| unworkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| disruptive | x/x | Adjective |
| unappealing | xx/x | Adjective |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| inaccurate | x/xx | Adjective |
| imprecise | /xx | Noun |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective |
| confounding | x/x | Noun |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| infeasible | x/xx | Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfeasible | x/xx | Adjective |
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| unsatisfying | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| weird | / | Adjective |
| improbable | x/xx | Adjective |
| inaccessible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unsafe | x/ | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| irrelevant | x/xx | Adjective |
| ludicrous | /xx | Adjective |
| implausible | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| useful | /x | Adjective |
| unattractive | xx/x | Adjective |
| intriguing | x/x | Adjective |
| prohibitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| desirable | x/xx | Adjective |
| untenable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unusable | x/xx | Adjective |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| unsuitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| anomalous | x/xx | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| misleading | x/x | Adjective |
| laughable | /xx | Adjective |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| feasible | /xx | Adjective |
| advantageous | xx/x | Adjective |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| acceptable | x/xx | Adjective |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| unpopular | x/xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| gainful | /x | Noun |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| difficile | /xx | Noun |
| skittish | /x | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| testing | /x | Noun |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| incomprehensible | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| rocky | /x | Name |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| unenviable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| moot | / | Noun |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| irresolute | x/xx | Adjective |
| unachievable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| arguable | /xxx | Adjective |
| stumped | / | Verb |
| unfathomable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| conflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| abstract | x/ | Name |
| indecisive | xx/x | Adjective |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| stuck | / | Verb |
| involute | xxx | Noun |
| indigestible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| theoretically | xx/xxx | Adverb |
| behaviors | x/x | Noun |
| behaviours | x/x | Noun |
| abusing | x/x | Verb |
| situations | xx/x | Noun |
| morally | /xx | Adverb |
| cognitions | x/x | Noun |
| locates | /x | Verb |
| drinking | /x | Noun |
| owing | /x | Noun |
| gambling | /xx | Noun |
| nature | /x | Noun |
| parenting | /xx | Noun |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| contested | x/x | Verb |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| aspects | /x | Noun |
| legacy | /xx | Noun |
| analogous | x/xx | Adjective |
| aporia | x/xx | Noun |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| complex | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| concept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| counterintuitive | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| defective | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| describable | x/xx | Adjective |
| dialectic | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| hotspots | /x | Noun |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| mystifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| objectionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ontology | x/xx | Noun |
| perspective | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| phenomenology | x/xxxx | Noun |
| postulates | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| premises | /xx | Noun |
| presuppositions | xxx/x | Noun |
| salient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| spiny | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| tenet | /x | Noun |
| theme | / | Noun, Verb |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| toxic | /x | Adjective |
| uncontroversial | xxx/x | Adjective |
| worrying | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
