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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| surprising | x/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| disaster | x/x | Noun | 
| bad news | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| disillusionment | xx/xx | Noun | 
| unexpected | xx/x | Adjective | 
| debacle | x/x | Noun | 
| shame | / | Noun | 
| fright | / | Noun | 
| horror story | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| not a pretty sight | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| rudeness | /x | Noun | 
| astonishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| consequence | /xx | Noun | 
| chagrin | x/ | Noun | 
| fiasco | x/x | Noun | 
| upsetting | x/x | Verb | 
| hurt | / | Noun | 
| rebuff | x/ | Noun | 
| resignation | xx/x | Noun | 
| reverse | x/ | Noun | 
| calamity | x/xx | Noun | 
| smell | / | Noun | 
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective | 
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective | 
| dreadful | /x | Adjective | 
| horrible | /xx | Adjective | 
| spectacle | /xx | Noun | 
| ruin | /x | Noun | 
| disbelief | xx/ | Noun | 
| ruination | /x/x | Noun | 
| corner | /x | Noun | 
| brunt | / | Noun | 
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective | 
| false alarm | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| dismay | x/ | Noun | 
| trouble | /x | Noun | 
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun | 
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun | 
| consternation | xx/x | Noun | 
| freedom | /x | Noun | 
| irony | /xx | Noun | 
| accident | /xx | Noun | 
| fair warning | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| foreboding | x/x | Noun | 
| scandal | /x | Noun | 
| nightmare | /x | Noun | 
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| discomfiture | x/xx | Noun | 
| inconvenience | xx/x | Noun | 
| problem | /x | Noun | 
| disappointment | xx/x | Noun | 
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun | 
| bitter end | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| caution | /x | Noun | 
| dirty trick | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| infamy | /xx | Noun | 
| indignation | xx/x | Noun | 
| insulting | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| awkward | /x | Adjective | 
| breach | / | Noun | 
| bad luck | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| gaff | / | Noun | 
| disgrace | x/ | Noun | 
| breakage | /x | Noun | 
| unbecoming | xx/x | Adjective | 
| situation | xx/x | Noun | 
| misfortune | x/x | Noun | 
| fallout | /x | Noun | 
| disaster waiting to happen | x/x/x//x | Phrase, Noun | 
| humbling | /xx | Adjective | 
| weird | / | Adjective | 
| hangover | /xx | Noun | 
| indignity | x/xx | Noun | 
| penalty | /xx | Noun | 
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun | 
| opprobrium | x/xx | Noun | 
| death | / | Noun | 
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| rebuke | x/ | Noun | 
| trials and tribulations | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| monkey wrench | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| spot | / | Noun | 
| mire | / | Noun | 
| frustration | x/x | Noun | 
| undertow | /xx | Noun | 
| displeasure | x/x | Noun | 
| paradox | /xx | Noun | 
| unfamiliar | xx/x | Adjective | 
| side effect | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| ugliness | /xx | Noun | 
| inadvertence | xx/x | Noun | 
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective | 
| briar | /x | Noun | 
| bad form | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| ruth | / | Name | 
| wound | / | Noun | 
| dump | / | Noun | 
| wreck | / | Noun | 
| harm | / | Noun | 
| discontent | xx/ | Noun | 
| doom | / | Noun | 
| predicament | x/xx | Noun | 
| disgusting | x/x | Adjective | 
| wretch | / | Noun | 
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective | 
| abusive | x/x | Adjective | 
| advancement | x/x | Noun | 
| alarm | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| alive | x/ | Adjective | 
| angry | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| anguished | /x | Adjective | 
| arousing | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| attracting | x/x | Verb | 
| awake | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| awaken | x/x | Verb | 
| awakenings | x/xx | Verb | 
| awareness | x/x | Noun | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective | 
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| bitchy | /x | Adjective | 
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| bloated | /x | Adjective | 
| blossoming | /xx | Noun | 
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| brazen | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| brusque | / | Adjective, Verb | 
| brutal | /x | Adjective | 
| calmer | /x | Noun | 
| carefree | /x | Adjective | 
| careless | /x | Adjective | 
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| cheeky | /x | Adjective | 
| cheerful | /x | Adjective | 
| churlish | /x | Adjective | 
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| clock | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clumsy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| coarse | / | Adjective | 
| cocky | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| confused | x/ | Adjective | 
| consciousness | /xx | Noun | 
| convincing | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| courteous | /xx | Adjective | 
| crass | / | Adjective | 
| crude | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| dastardly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| dawn | / | Noun, Verb | 
| deathless | /x | Adjective | 
| dignified | /xx | Adjective | 
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| disembodied | xx/x | Adjective | 
| disenchantment | xx/x | Noun | 
| disrespectful | xx/x | Adjective | 
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective | 
| diviner | x/x | Noun | 
| dreamy | /x | Adjective | 
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| emancipation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| enfranchisement | x/xx | Noun | 
| enlightenment | x/xx | Noun | 
| enlivening | x/xx | Adjective | 
| epiphany | x/xx | Noun | 
| estrangement | x/x | Noun | 
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| ferment | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb | 
| flourishing | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| fond | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| fresh | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| garish | /x | Adjective | 
| glorified | /xx | Adjective | 
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| hateful | /x | Adjective | 
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| heinous | /x | Adjective | 
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| illumination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| immodest | x/x | Adjective | 
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| impolite | xxx | Adjective | 
| impudent | x/x | Adjective | 
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| incorrect | xx/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| indecent | x/x | Adjective | 
| indiscreet | xx/ | Adjective | 
| inflated | x/x | Adjective | 
| inquisitive | x/xx | Adjective | 
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective | 
| insolence | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| insolent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| irreverent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| journey | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| lay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| liberation | xx/x | Noun | 
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| makeshift | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| metamorphosis | xx/xx | Noun | 
| monolith | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| morning | /x | Noun | 
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| naughty | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| nice | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| nude | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective | 
| obscene | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| odious | /xx | Adjective | 
| offensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| people | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| person | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| polished | /x | Adjective | 
| polite | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| primitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| queer | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| quick | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| quickening | /xx | Noun | 
| raising | /x | Noun | 
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| reawakening | xx/xx | Noun | 
| rebirth | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| relocated | x/xx | Adjective | 
| renaissance | xx/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| resurgence | x/x | Noun | 
| reveille | x/ | Noun | 
| revelation | xx/x | Noun | 
| revival | x/x | Noun | 
| rod | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rode | / | Verb, Noun | 
| rood | / | Noun | 
| rough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| rudd | / | Name | 
| rudely | /x | Adverb | 
| rugged | /x | Adjective | 
| sassy | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| sensible | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| sensitization | /xx/x | Noun | 
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| shameless | /x | Adjective | 
| sharp | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| sleepy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| slovenly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| slow | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| smart | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| snob | / | Noun | 
| snotty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective | 
| special | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| steep | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| stimulation | xx/x | Noun | 
| stimulus | /xx | Noun | 
| stirring | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| sudden | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| sure | / | Adjective, Adverb | 
| surge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| swollen | /x | Adjective | 
| tacky | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| tempestuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| thoughtless | /x | Adjective | 
