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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| grievous | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| austere | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| spartan | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| wicked | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| stark | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| strict | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| strong | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| plain | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| knockout | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| grave | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| mild | / | Adjective |
| acute | x/ | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| chronic | /x | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| worsening | /xx | Verb |
| moderate | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| suffer | /x | Verb |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| aggravated | /xxx | Verb |
| widespread | // | Adjective |
| excessive | x/x | Adjective |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| recurrent | x/x | Adjective |
| excruciating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| significant | x/xx | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| sever | /x | Noun |
| irreparable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| frequent | /x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| extremely | x/x | Adverb |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| minor | /x | Noun |
| irremediable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| inflicted | x/x | Verb |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| unusually | x/xxx | Adverb |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| susceptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| enduring | x/x | Adjective |
| infliction | x/x | Noun |
| prone | / | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| serous | xx | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| less | / | Adjective |
| unremitting | xx/x | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| lethal | /x | Adjective |
| substantial | x/x | Adjective |
| pain | / | Noun |
| minimal | /xx | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| sudden | /x | Adjective |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| exacerbated | x/xxx | Verb |
| incapacitating | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| extensive | x/x | Adjective |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| sustained | x/ | Adjective |
| noticeable | /xxx | Adjective |
| infrequent | x/x | Adjective |
| complications | xx/x | Noun |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| hardship | /x | Noun |
| degenerative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective |
| vehement | /xx | Adjective |
| very | /x | Adverb |
| egregious | x/x | Adjective |
| apparent | x/x | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| dear | / | Noun |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective |
| deathly | /x | Adjective |
| terrific | x/x | Adjective |
| raging | /x | Verb |
| roaring | /x | Noun |
| rabid | /x | Adjective |
| eternal | x/x | Adjective |
| scorching | /x | Adjective |
| burning hot | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| exquisite | /xx | Adjective |
| superheated | xx/x | Adjective |
| great | / | Adjective |
| heartrending | //x | Adjective |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| blazing | /x | Adjective |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective |
| sadistic | x/x | Adjective |
| infuriated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| exasperated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| preeclampsia | /x/x | Noun |
| tbi | x | Name |
| copd | / | Name |
| hypophosphatemia | xx/x/xx | Noun |
| sunburn | /x | Noun |
| immunodeficiency | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| hypokalemia | xxx/xx | Noun |
| bronchospasm | /x/x | Noun |
| hyperkalemia | xxx/xx | Noun |
| malnutrition | xx/x | Noun |
| acne | /x | Noun |
| drought | / | Noun |
| hemophilia | xx/xx | Noun |
| austerities | x/xx | Noun |
| spasticity | x/xx | Noun |
| hypoglycaemia | xxx/xx | Noun |
| cramping | /x | Verb |
| neutropenia | xx/xx | Noun |
| reprimand | /xx | Noun |
| dehydration | xx/x | Noun |
| burns | / | Noun |
| hypoxemia | x//xx | Noun |
| thunderstorms | /xx | Noun |
| thrombocytopenia | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| psoriasis | x/xx | Noun |
| hypoglycemia | xxx/xx | Noun |
| headache | /x | Noun |
| pruritus | /xx | Noun |
| hyponatremia | /x//xx | Noun |
| stenosis | x/x | Verb |
| itching | /x | Noun |
| sprain | / | Noun |
| constipation | xx/x | Noun |
| whipping | /x | Verb |
| sepsis | /x | Noun |
| asthma | /x | Noun |
| beatings | /x | Noun |
| overcrowding | /xxx | Noun |
| abject | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| accident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| acquired | x/x | Adjective |
| acrimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ankara | /xx | Name |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| astigmatism | x/xxx | Noun |
| autistic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| backache | /x | Noun |
| bass | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| biggie | /x | Noun |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| coexistent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| discomfort | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| diuresis | xx/x | Noun |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| dysphoria | x/xx | Noun |
| elevated | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| enormous | x/x | Adjective |
| exacting | x/x | Adjective |
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| flagrant | /x | Adjective |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| frontal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gastrointestinal | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| gravity | /xx | Noun |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| heal | / | Verb, Noun |
| heavily | /xx | Adverb |
| heightened | /x | Adjective |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hud | / | Name |
| huge | / | Adjective |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hyper | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| hypertensive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| iatrogenic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| immense | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| indictable | x/xx | Adjective |
| irritant | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| lenient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| magnitude | /xx | Noun |
| major | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| marked | / | Adjective |
| massive | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| matter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mind | / | Noun, Verb |
| musculoskeletal | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| north | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| pathophysiology | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| phenomena | x/xx | Noun |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| postoperative | //xx | Adjective, Noun |
| posttraumatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| powerful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| pronounced | x/ | Adjective |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| punitive | /xx | Adjective |
| radical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rampant | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| respiratory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| rigid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| rigour | // | Noun |
| robust | x/ | Adjective |
| rough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| savage | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| searing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| seriously | /xxx | Adverb |
| sharp | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| sombre | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| staggering | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| staunch | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| steep | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stern | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| storm | / | Noun, Verb |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| stringency | /xx | Noun |
| subclinical | x/xx | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
