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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| forbidding | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| ugly | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| wicked | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| black | / | Adjective, Adjective, Name |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| diabolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| devilish | /x | Adjective |
| villainous | /xx | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| ghoulish | /x | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| macabre | x/x | Noun |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| satanic | x/x | Name |
| demonic | x/x | Adjective |
| conspiratorial | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| fiendish | /x | Adjective |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| dastardly | /xx | Adjective |
| devious | /xx | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| spooky | /x | Noun |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| subversive | x/x | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| seductive | x/x | Adjective |
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| sadistic | x/x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| maniacal | x/xx | Adjective |
| grisly | /x | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| malevolence | x/xx | Noun |
| mischievous | /xx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| unsavory | x/xx | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| ghostly | /x | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| sleazy | /x | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| perfidious | /xxx | Adjective |
| demented | x/x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| freaky | /x | Noun |
| mystical | /xx | Adjective |
| lascivious | x/xx | Adjective |
| clandestine | x/x | Adjective |
| psychopathic | xx/x | Noun |
| vengeful | /x | Adjective |
| beguiling | x/x | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| depraved | x/ | Adjective |
| haunting | /x | Noun |
| secretive | /xx | Adjective |
| lurid | /x | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| otherworldly | /x/x | Adjective |
| machiavellian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| homicidal | xx/x | Adjective |
| perverted | x/x | Adjective |
| malign | x/ | Adjective |
| twisted | /x | Adjective |
| benevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| alluring | x/x | Adjective |
| mystifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| bloodthirsty | /xx | Adjective |
| unearthly | x/x | Adjective |
| conniving | x/x | Noun |
| despicable | x/xx | Adjective |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
| shady | /x | Adjective |
| weird | / | Adjective |
| bewitching | x/x | Adjective |
| suspicious | x/x | Adjective |
| traitorous | /xx | Adjective |
| predatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| cunning | /x | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| sour | /x | Adjective |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective |
| envious | /xx | Adjective |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| unkindly | x/x | Adverb |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| underhanded | /x/x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective |
| oblique | x/ | Adjective |
| lowering | /xx | Verb |
| cursed | / | Verb |
| infamous | /xx | Adjective |
| spurious | /xx | Adjective |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| invidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| dexter | /x | Name |
| argent | /x | Noun |
| lined | / | Verb |
| sable | /x | Noun |
| glittering | /xx | Verb |
| portent | /x | Noun |
| undertones | /xx | Noun |
| cabal | x/ | Noun |
| machinations | xx/x | Noun |
| leer | / | Noun |
| maternity | x/xx | Noun |
| rumours | xx | Noun |
| augury | /xx | Noun |
| undercurrents | /xxx | Noun |
| conspiracy | x/xx | Noun |
| omens | /x | Noun |
| bend | / | Verb |
| overtones | /xx | Noun |
| smirk | / | Noun |
| connotation | xx/x | Noun |
| plotting | /x | Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| appealing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| awesome | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| comical | /xx | Adjective |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| dishonest | x/x | Adjective |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| dull | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fateful | /x | Adjective |
| fell | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| left | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sombre | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| spirit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stemming | /x | Noun |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| treacherous | /xx | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ulterior | x/xx | Adjective |
| unholy | x/x | Adjective |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| whimsical | /xx | Adjective |
| worrying | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
