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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| pity | /x | Noun |
| tough luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun |
| bad news | // | Phrase, Noun |
| lament | x/ | Noun |
| bemoaning | x/x | Verb |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| travesty | /xx | Noun |
| horror story | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| sad sack | // | Phrase, Noun |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| lost soul | // | Phrase, Noun |
| hurt | / | Noun |
| affliction | x/x | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| pathetic fallacy | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| martyrdom | /xx | Noun |
| wretch | / | Noun |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| wound | / | Noun |
| grievance | /x | Noun |
| ruth | / | Name |
| forlorn hope | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| bitter end | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| long face | // | Phrase, Noun |
| broken record | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| casuistry | /xx | Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| underdog | /xx | Noun |
| slough of despond | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| desperation | xx/x | Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| hagiography | xx/xx | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| trials and tribulations | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| reduced circumstances | x//xxx | Phrase, Noun |
| nose out of joint | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| abject | /x | Adjective |
| long shot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| regret | x/ | Noun |
| spectacle | /xx | Noun |
| indigent | /xx | Noun |
| basket case | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| dump | / | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| cant | / | Noun |
| dejection | x/x | Noun |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| bad actor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| shame | / | Noun |
| tragic flaw | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| casualty | /xxx | Noun |
| breakup | /x | Noun |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| diatribe | /xx | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| downcast | /x | Adjective |
| scandal | /x | Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| bad luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| corner | /x | Noun |
| false alarm | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| orphan | /x | Noun |
| bale | / | Noun |
| pain and suffering | ///xx | Phrase, Noun |
| complaining | x/x | Verb |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| damaged goods | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| bind | / | Noun |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| byword | /x | Noun |
| burden | /x | Noun |
| canard | x/ | Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| paralytic | xx/x | Adjective |
| absinthe | /x | Noun |
| opprobrium | x/xx | Noun |
| outrage | /x | Noun |
| harm | / | Noun |
| spot | / | Noun |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| afflicting | x/x | Adjective |
| mess | / | Noun |
| hypo | /x | Noun |
| narrow escape | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| not a pretty sight | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| lost cause | // | Phrase, Noun |
| mood | / | Noun |
| weakling | /x | Noun |
| drip | / | Noun |
| living death | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| dystopia | //xx | Noun |
| sulking | /x | Verb |
| crime against humanity | /x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| reproach | x/ | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| poor relation | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| adventure | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| annals | /x | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| aria | /xx | Noun |
| article | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| attic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| background | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backstage | // | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| basement | /x | Noun |
| bawdy | /x | Adjective |
| bedroom | /x | Noun |
| bedtime | /x | Noun |
| biography | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| blubber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| book | / | Noun, Verb |
| built | / | Adjective, Noun |
| bulletin | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| caption | /x | Noun, Verb |
| caring | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cartoon | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| case history | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| cellar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chapter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chestnut | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| chop | / | Noun, Verb |
| chronic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chronicle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| clapboard | /x | Noun, Verb |
| climax | /x | Noun, Verb |
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| coin | / | Noun, Verb |
| communique | x/xx | Noun |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| connection | x/x | Noun |
| conte | / | Name |
| content | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| copy | /x | Noun, Verb |
| corny | /x | Adjective |
| coverage | /xx | Noun |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| crock | / | Noun, Verb |
| cry | / | Noun, Verb |
| culmination | xx/x | Noun |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| description | x/x | Noun |
| despatch | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dispatch | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| dream | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| epic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| episode | /xx | Noun |
| etymology | xx/xx | Noun |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| evolution | xx/x | Noun |
| example | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| exclusive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| experience | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| explanation | xx/x | Noun |
| fable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| facts | / | Verb |
| fairy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fairy story | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| feature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fib | / | Noun, Verb |
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| first floor | // | Phrase, Noun |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| folktale | /x | Noun |
| fountain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| funny | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| fuss | / | Noun, Verb |
| gabled | /x | Adjective |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| garret | /x | Noun |
| gasp | / | Noun, Verb |
| giggle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| goofy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| groan | / | Noun, Verb |
| ground floor | // | Phrase, Noun |
| ground level | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| haiku | /x | Noun |
| happened | /x | Verb |
| heck | / | Noun, Verb |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| historian | x/xx | Noun |
| historic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| history | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hitting | /x | Noun |
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| illustration | xx/x | Noun |
| incident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| info | /x | Noun |
| interesting | /xx | Adjective |
| intrigue | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| introduction | xx/x | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun, Verb |
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| jamboree | x// | Noun |
| jesus | /x | Name, Verb |
| joke | / | Noun, Verb |
| legend | /x | Noun, Verb |
| level | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| life history | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| life story | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| lizard | /x | Noun |
| loft | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| loo | / | Noun, Verb |
| loony | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| love story | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| maiden | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mantra | /x | Noun |
| manuscript | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| matter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maudlin | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| max | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| medal | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mezzanine | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| moan | / | Noun, Verb |
| mourn | / | Verb, Noun |
| movie | /x | Noun |
| mystery | /xx | Noun |
| myth | / | Noun |
| narration | x/x | Noun |
| narrative | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| narrator | /xx | Noun |
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| naughty | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| news | / | Noun, Verb |
| newsletter | /xx | Noun |
| novel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| nursery rhyme | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| opera | /x | Noun |
| overview | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| panorama | xx/x | Noun |
| paper | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| parable | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| pedigree | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| picture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| piece | / | Noun, Verb |
| plot | / | Noun, Verb |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| poop | / | Noun, Verb |
| portrait | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | |
| printable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prophecy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| question | /x | Noun, Verb |
| rach | / | Name |
| ramshackle | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| raunchy | /x | Adjective |
| read | / | Verb, Noun |
| reality | x/xx | Noun |
| recipe | /xx | Noun |
| recital | x/x | Noun |
| recitation | xx/x | Noun |
| recollection | xx/x | Noun |
| record | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| recounting | x/x | Noun |
| redbrick | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| redress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| refurbished | x/x | Adjective |
