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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| harsh | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| rugged | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| textured | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| abrasive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| boisterous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| craggy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| jagged | / | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| fierce | / | Verb, Adjective |
| cracked | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| scratchy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| raspy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| grating | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| rasping | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| chapped | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| roughly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| pique | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| pockmarked | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| serrate | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| shaggy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| broken | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| pocked | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| notched | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| crushed | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| stormy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| scalloped | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| rocky | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Name |
| fringed | / | Name, Adjective |
| crude | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| unrefined | xx/ | Noun, Adjective |
| ribbed | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| draft | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| hilly | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| log | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| hard | / | Verb, Adjective |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| gravelly | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| mountainous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| lined | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| outline | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| gravel | /x | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| unskilled | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| jarring | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| homespun | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| seamed | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| stony | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| approximate | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| corded | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| corduroy | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| scaly | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb |
| unpolished | x/x | Adverb, Adjective |
| ciliated | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| uncut | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| dentate | xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| toothed | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| bidentate | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| puckered | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| rough in | /x | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| roughened | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| smooth | / | Adjective, Verb |
| tough | / | Adjective |
| ruff | / | Noun |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| coarse | / | Adjective |
| tumble | /x | Noun |
| uneven | x/x | Adjective |
| gritty | /x | Noun |
| ragged | /x | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| dirty | /x | Adjective |
| choppy | /x | Adjective |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| soft | / | Adjective |
| turbulent | /xx | Adjective |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| lumpy | /x | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| irregular | x/xx | Adjective |
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective |
| good | / | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| grimy | /x | Adjective |
| shaky | /x | Adjective |
| rowdy | /x | Adjective |
| muddy | /x | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| scruffy | /x | Adjective |
| grueling | /xx | Adjective |
| savage | /x | Noun |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| nice | / | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| tuff | / | Noun |
| sketchy | /x | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| crazy | /x | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| wild | / | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| tempestuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| gruff | / | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| solid | /x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| rutted | /x | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective |
| filthy | /x | Adjective |
| cold | / | Noun |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| long | / | Adjective |
| thick | / | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| diamond | /x | Noun |
| gentle | /x | Adjective |
| uncouth | // | Adjective |
| dusty | /x | Adjective |
| snowy | /x | Noun |
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| hectic | /x | Adjective |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| pretty | /x | Adjective |
| preliminary | x/xxx | Noun |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| disjoint | x/ | Adjective |
| unsteady | x/x | Adjective |
| unmade | x/ | Adjective |
| in the raw | xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| rustic | /x | Adjective |
| inelegant | x/xx | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| unformed | x/ | Adjective |
| loose | / | Adjective |
| unvarnished | x/x | Adjective |
| unshaven | x/x | Adjective |
| imprecise | /xx | Noun |
| fuzzy | /x | Noun |
| unequal | x/x | Adjective |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective |
| unlined | x/ | Adjective |
| hewn | / | Noun |
| callused | /x | Verb |
| shod | / | Noun |
| sledding | /x | Noun |
| wooing | /x | Verb |
| idled | /x | Verb |
| carpentry | /xx | Noun |
| sleeping | /x | Verb |
| reticulum | x/xx | Noun |
| surfaced | /x | Verb |
| bark | / | Verb, Noun |
| estimate | /xx | Noun |
| lumber | /x | Noun |
| sketch | / | Noun |
| terrain | x/ | Noun |
| microsomes | xxx | Noun |
| edges | /x | Noun |
| lemon | /x | Noun |
| handling | /x | Noun |
| sleepers | /x | Noun |
| semicircle | xx/x | Noun |
| seas | / | Noun |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| agitated | /xxx | Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| arms | / | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| beard | / | Noun, Verb |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| biting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blank | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| borderline | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun |
| brusque | / | Adjective, Verb |
| brute | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| brutish | /x | Adjective |
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| busy | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| cantonese | xx/ | Name, Adjective |
| chronology | x/xx | Noun |
| cockpit | /x | Noun |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| crass | / | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| damp | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| dice | / | Noun, Verb |
| drenched | / | Adjective |
| dur | x | Noun, Adjective |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| durum | /x | Noun |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| elbows | /x | Noun |
| eraser | x/x | Noun |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| file | / | Noun, Verb |
| fort | / | Noun, Verb |
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| garish | /x | Adjective |
| granular | /xx | Adjective |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| hardcore | // | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heels | / | Noun |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| house | / | Noun, Verb |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| lonesome | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| manger | /x | Noun |
| mop | / | Noun, Verb |
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb |
| offensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| paddy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| painstaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| proximate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| proxy | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| quieter | /xx | Noun |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| restless | /x | Adjective |
| road | / | Noun, Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| scorched | / | Adjective |
| scratch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| sfa | x | Name |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
