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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| panic | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| fright | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| frighten | /x  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| dash | /  | Verb, Noun, Verb  | 
| pall | /  | Verb, Noun, Verb  | 
| frighten away | /xx/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| frighten off | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| panic attack | /xx/  | Phrase, Verb, Noun  | 
| scare away | /x/  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| scare off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| terrifies | /xx  | Verb  | 
| bothers | /x  | Verb  | 
| worries | /x  | Verb  | 
| annoys | x/  | Verb  | 
| baffles | /x  | Verb  | 
| upsets | x/  | Verb  | 
| jolts | /  | Verb  | 
| reminds | x/  | Verb  | 
| spooked | /  | Verb  | 
| frustrates | /x  | Verb  | 
| fascinates | /xx  | Verb  | 
| disturbs | x/  | Verb  | 
| confuses | x/x  | Verb  | 
| knocks | /  | Verb  | 
| freaked | /  | Verb  | 
| startles | /x  | Verb  | 
| irritates | /xx  | Verb  | 
| escapes | x/  | Verb  | 
| rattled | /x  | Verb  | 
| angers | /x  | Verb  | 
| excites | x/  | Verb  | 
| plagues | /  | Verb  | 
| amuses | x/x  | Verb  | 
| chases | /x  | Verb  | 
| distresses | x/x  | Verb  | 
| fears | /  | Noun  | 
| shudders | /x  | Verb  | 
| reassuring | xx/x  | Verb  | 
| stink | /  | Verb  | 
| impresses | x/x  | Verb  | 
| haunts | /  | Verb  | 
| blows | /  | Verb  | 
| riled | /  | Verb  | 
| hurts | /  | Verb  | 
| amazes | x/x  | Verb  | 
| thrills | /  | Verb  | 
| troubles | /x  | Noun  | 
| rips | /  | Verb  | 
| smothers | /x  | Verb  | 
| disconcerting | xx/x  | Verb  | 
| menaced | /x  | Verb  | 
| confounds | x/  | Verb  | 
| concerns | x/  | Verb  | 
| shaken | /x  | Verb  | 
| bites | /  | Verb  | 
| threatens | /x  | Verb  | 
| chokes | /  | Verb  | 
| lulled | /  | Verb  | 
| teases | /x  | Verb  | 
| nagging | /x  | Verb  | 
| alarms | x/  | Noun  | 
| slays | /  | Verb  | 
| recalls | /x  | Verb  | 
| assures | x/  | Verb  | 
| crushes | /x  | Verb  | 
| comforting | /xx  | Verb  | 
| depresses | x/x  | Verb  | 
| inspires | x/  | Verb  | 
| creeps | /  | Verb  | 
| cringe | /  | Verb  | 
| fights | /  | Verb  | 
| collapses | x/x  | Verb  | 
| woe | /  | Verb  | 
| messes | /x  | Verb  | 
| daylights | /x  | Noun  | 
| thundering | /xx  | Noun  | 
| witless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| anthrax | /x  | Noun  | 
| crap | /  | Noun  | 
| hell | /  | Noun  | 
| heck | /  | Noun  | 
| tread | /  | Noun  | 
| bomb | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| wits | /  | Noun  | 
| spy | /  | Noun  | 
| silly | /x  | Adverb  | 
| stiff | /  | Adjective  | 
| crows | /  | Noun  | 
| jumps | /  | Verb  | 
| invasion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| drake | /  | Name  | 
| pants | /  | Noun  | 
| insurrection | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| fishes | /x  | Noun  | 
| death | /  | Noun  | 
| red | /  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| frankly | /x  | Adverb  | 
| half | /  | Adverb  | 
| dickens | /x  | Name  | 
| terror | /x  | Noun  | 
| investors | x/x  | Noun  | 
| thought | /  | Noun  | 
| witch | /  | Noun  | 
| health | /  | Noun  | 
| demons | /x  | Noun  | 
| birds | /  | Noun  | 
| prospect | /x  | Noun  | 
| confessed | x/  | Verb  | 
| stuff | /  | Noun  | 
| noise | /  | Noun  | 
| devil | /x  | Noun  | 
| pregnancy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| trust | /  | Noun  | 
| war | /  | Noun  | 
| spirits | /x  | Noun  | 
| food | /  | Noun  | 
| off | /  | Adverb  | 
| cancer | /x  | Noun  | 
| folks | /  | Noun  | 
| prevents | x/  | Verb  | 
| lot | /  | Noun  | 
| away | x/  | Adverb  | 
| guy | /  | Noun  | 
| makes | /  | Verb  | 
| blame | /  | Verb  | 
| sure | /  | Adverb  | 
| thing | /  | Noun  | 
| everybody | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| most | /  | Adverb  | 
| kids | /  | Noun  | 
| sometimes | x/  | Adverb  | 
| really | /x  | Adverb  | 
| dog | /  | Noun  | 
| idea | x/x  | Noun  | 
| admitted | x/x  | Verb  | 
| people | /x  | Noun  | 
| guess | /  | Verb  | 
| drug | /  | Noun  | 
| nothing | /x  | Noun  | 
| customers | /xx  | Noun  | 
| shadow | /x  | Noun  | 
| whispered | /x  | Verb  | 
| sound | /  | Noun  | 
| rise | /  | Verb  | 
| know | /  | Verb  | 
| something | /x  | Noun  | 
| comes | /  | Verb  | 
| talk | /  | Noun  | 
| horse | /  | Noun  | 
| badly | /x  | Adverb  | 
| sight | /  | Noun  | 
| animals | /xx  | Noun  | 
| everyone | /xx  | Noun  | 
| does | /  | Verb  | 
| enemies | /xx  | Noun  | 
| rumours | xx  | Noun  | 
| submarine | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| couple | /x  | Noun  | 
| periodic | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| edited | /xx  | Verb  | 
| afraid | x/  | Adjective  | 
| alerts | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| anxieties | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| betrayals | x/x  | Noun  | 
| conspiracies | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| coups | /  | Noun  | 
| crises | /x  | Noun  | 
| defeats | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| delinquencies | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| disappointments | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| disasters | x/x  | Noun  | 
| expeditions | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| famines | /x  | Noun  | 
| incursions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| mutinies | /xx  | Noun  | 
| positives | /xx  | Noun  | 
| reverses | x/x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| scandals | /x  | Noun  | 
| setbacks | /x  | Noun  | 
| shocks | /  | Noun  | 
| shortcomings | /xx  | Noun  | 
| slumps | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| warnings | /x  | Verb  | 
