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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| earnest | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| sedate | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| thoughtful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| intellectual | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| sincere | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| sensible | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| good | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| important | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| real | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| solemn | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| grave | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| in earnest | x/x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| frivolous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| serous | xx | Adjective |
| seriously | /xxx | Adverb |
| significant | x/xx | Adjective |
| substantial | x/x | Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| substantive | /xx | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| genuine | /xx | Adjective |
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective |
| acute | x/ | Adjective |
| chronic | /x | Adjective |
| major | /x | Adjective |
| practical | /xx | Adjective |
| trivial | /xx | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| concern | x/ | Noun |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| mild | / | Adjective |
| minor | /x | Noun |
| legitimate | x/xx | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective |
| potential | x/x | Noun |
| widespread | // | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| technical | /xx | Name |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| philosophical | xx/xx | Noun |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| great | / | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| tremendous | x/x | Adjective |
| joking | /x | Verb |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| minimal | /xx | Adjective |
| appreciable | x/xx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| aggravated | /xxx | Verb |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| lighthearted | /xx | Adjective |
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| humorous | /xx | Adjective |
| casual | /xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| urgent | /x | Adjective |
| pragmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| professional | x/xx | Adjective |
| comical | /xx | Adjective |
| goofy | /x | Noun |
| funny | /x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| subtle | /x | Adjective |
| irreparable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| frequent | /x | Adjective |
| existential | xx/x | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective |
| probable | /xx | Adjective |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective |
| massive | /x | Adjective |
| kind | / | Noun |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| worthy | /x | Adjective |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective |
| common | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| egregious | x/x | Adjective |
| unintentional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective |
| apparent | x/x | Adjective |
| problems | /x | Noun |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| systematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| worthwhile | // | Adjective |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| moderate | /xx | Adjective |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| meaningful | /xx | Adjective |
| lifelong | // | Adjective |
| passionate | /xx | Adjective |
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| sudden | /x | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| joyless | /x | Adjective |
| humorless | /xx | Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| unresponsive | xx/x | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| flinty | /x | Adjective |
| black | / | Name |
| dead | / | Adjective |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| stony | /x | Noun |
| heartless | /x | Adjective |
| frigid | /x | Adjective |
| obdurate | /xx | Adjective |
| stiff | / | Adjective |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| lifeless | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| hardened | /x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| cold | / | Noun |
| down in the dumps | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| waste | / | Noun |
| soulless | /x | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| disgruntled | x/x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| triste | / | Noun |
| literal | /xx | Adjective |
| pest | / | Noun |
| contender | x/x | Noun |
| doubts | / | Noun |
| rioting | /xx | Noun |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| setback | /x | Noun |
| miscalculation | x/x/x | Noun |
| misgivings | x/x | Noun |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| drawbacks | /x | Noun |
| handicap | /xx | Noun |
| repercussions | xx/x | Noun |
| jeopardy | /xx | Noun |
| flaws | / | Noun |
| breaches | /x | Noun |
| offenses | x/x | Noun |
| threat | / | Noun |
| shortages | /xx | Noun |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| inroads | /x | Noun |
| accusatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| actual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| animate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| aristotelian | xxx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| arousing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| attentive | x/x | Adjective |
| authoritative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| avenue | /xx | Noun |
| avoidable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bass | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| beautiful | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| biggie | /x | Noun |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| bodily | /xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective |
| careless | /x | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| classical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| compelling | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| conscientious | xx/x | Adjective |
| credible | /xx | Adjective |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| dependability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| diligent | /xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| donkey | /x | Noun |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| due | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| enormous | x/x | Adjective |
| extensive | x/x | Adjective |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fat | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| felonies | /xx | Noun |
| festering | /xx | Noun |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| flagrant | /x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| frown | / | Noun, Verb |
| gad | / | Name, Verb |
| gran | / | Noun |
| grand | / | Noun, Adjective |
| gravity | /xx | Noun |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| heavily | /xx | Adverb |
| heightened | /x | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| honest | /x | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| hud | / | Name |
| huge | / | Adjective |
| iatrogenic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| immense | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| indictable | x/xx | Adjective |
| instalment | x/x | Noun |
| intent | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| kid | / | Noun, Verb |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| laugh | / | Noun, Verb |
| legit | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| main | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| many | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| marked | / | Adjective |
| meticulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| momentous | x/x | Adjective |
| much | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| notable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| notices | /xx | Noun |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| perfect | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| playful | /x | Adjective |
| popular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| positive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| potent | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| poussin | /x | Name |
| powerful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| preventable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prima | /x | Adjective |
| prominent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pronounced | x/ | Adjective |
| proper | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| prudent | /x | Adjective |
| quick | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| raging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rampant | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| really | /x | Adverb, Verb |
| reasonable | /xxx | Adjective |
| reliable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| reputable | /xxx | Adjective |
| respectable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| responsible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| robust | x/ | Adjective |
| sacred | /x | Adjective |
| serial | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
