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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| laboured | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| labored | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| forced | / | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| affected | x/x | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| awkward | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| constrained | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| tense | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unnatural | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| agonistic | /x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unwind | x/ | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| loosen up | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| stretched | / | Verb |
| soured | /x | Verb |
| squeezed | / | Verb |
| pinched | / | Adjective |
| pained | / | Verb |
| frayed | / | Adjective |
| jarred | / | Verb |
| drained | / | Verb |
| fractured | /x | Adjective |
| weakened | /x | Verb |
| hampered | /x | Verb |
| deteriorated | x/xxxx | Verb |
| bulged | / | Verb |
| bruised | / | Verb |
| stiffened | /x | Verb |
| shaky | /x | Adjective |
| muddied | /x | Verb |
| chafed | / | Verb |
| dislocated | /xxx | Adjective |
| tightened | /x | Verb |
| wrenched | / | Verb |
| exasperated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| loosened | /x | Verb |
| muddled | /x | Adjective |
| overstretched | /x/ | Adjective |
| lacerated | /xxx | Adjective |
| irritated | /xxx | Verb |
| hobbled | /x | Verb |
| tenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| wrung | / | Verb |
| thickened | /x | Adjective |
| overworked | xx/ | Adjective |
| severed | /x | Verb |
| softened | /x | Verb |
| twisted | /x | Adjective |
| simmered | /x | Verb |
| sagged | / | Verb |
| stressed | / | Verb |
| contorted | x/x | Adjective |
| flexed | / | Adjective |
| intensified | x/xx | Verb |
| slackened | /x | Verb |
| swelled | / | Verb |
| painfully | /xx | Adverb |
| inflamed | x/ | Adjective |
| hamstrung | /x | Verb |
| torn | / | Verb |
| shaken | /x | Verb |
| faltered | /x | Verb |
| strengthened | /x | Verb |
| ached | / | Verb |
| scrunched | / | Verb |
| aggravated | /xxx | Verb |
| deepened | /x | Verb |
| constricted | x/x | Adjective |
| cooled | / | Adjective |
| ruptured | /x | Adjective |
| sapped | / | Verb |
| worsened | /x | Verb |
| stifled | /x | Adjective |
| burdened | /x | Verb |
| distended | x/x | Adjective |
| fatigued | x/ | Verb |
| sprained | / | Verb |
| cracked | / | Adjective |
| dampened | /x | Verb |
| choked | / | Verb |
| degenerated | x/xxx | Verb |
| broken | /x | Adjective |
| mended | /x | Verb |
| contrived | x/ | Verb |
| distorted | x/x | Adjective |
| stunted | /x | Adjective |
| atrophied | /xx | Verb |
| mangled | /x | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| uncomfortably | x/xx | Adverb |
| deadened | /x | Adjective |
| stiff | / | Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| sundered | /x | Adjective |
| stirred | / | Verb |
| clouded | /x | Adjective |
| splintered | /x | Adjective |
| thinned | / | Verb |
| muffled | /x | Adjective |
| eased | / | Verb |
| anguished | /x | Adjective |
| clenched | / | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| exhausted | x/x | Verb |
| roiled | / | Verb |
| bended | /x | Adjective |
| knotted | /x | Verb |
| agitated | /xxx | Adjective |
| straitened | /x | Adjective |
| jammed | / | Verb |
| throbbed | / | Verb |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| severely | x/x | Adverb |
| galled | / | Verb |
| estranged | x/ | Verb |
| ragged | /x | Adjective |
| overextended | xxx/x | Adjective |
| intertwined | xx/ | Verb |
| crumbled | /x | Verb |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| tangled | /x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| chilled | / | Adjective |
| disintegrated | x/xxx | Verb |
| hindered | /x | Verb |
| sputtered | /x | Adjective |
| entangled | x/x | Verb |
| enmeshed | x/ | Verb |
| undermined | xx/ | Verb |
| crushed | / | Verb |
| marred | / | Verb |
| convulsed | x/ | Verb |
| overburdened | /x/x | Adjective |
| frustrated | /xx | Adjective |
| exacerbated | x/xxx | Verb |
| weary | /x | Adjective |
| vibrated | /xx | Verb |
| sustained | x/ | Adjective |
| taut | / | Adjective |
| restrained | x/ | Verb |
| boiled | / | Adjective |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| soaked | / | Adjective |
| tweaked | / | Verb |
| impeded | x/x | Verb |
| blurred | / | Adjective |
| stilted | /x | Adjective |
| wedged | / | Verb |
| tugged | / | Verb |
| bolstered | /x | Verb |
| dissolved | x/ | Verb |
| overloaded | /xxx | Adjective |
| fissured | /x | Adjective |
| quivered | /x | Verb |
| battered | /x | Adjective |
| jerked | / | Verb |
| accentuated | x/xxx | Verb |
| vexed | / | Adjective |
| wracked | / | Verb |
| conflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| dulled | / | Verb |
| rattled | /x | Verb |
| tapped | / | Verb |
| punctured | /x | Adjective |
| clamped | / | Verb |
| flared | / | Verb |
| impinged | x/ | Verb |
| crippled | /x | Verb |
| sieved | / | Adjective |
| sifted | /x | Verb |
| forcible | /xx | Adjective |
| compressed | x/ | Verb |
| tensioned | /x | Adjective |
| grated | /x | Adjective |
| squashed | / | Adjective |
| crimped | / | Adjective |
| superlattice | xx/x | Noun |
| marinade | /xx | Noun |
| decoction | x/x | Noun |
| prunes | / | Noun |
| sinews | // | Noun |
| quantum | /x | Noun |
| agonised | /xx | Adjective |
| agonized | /xx | Adjective |
| ailing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| aimed | / | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| analogous | x/xx | Adjective |
| apprehensive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| awed | / | Adjective |
| bent | / | Noun, Adjective |
| challenged | /x | Adjective |
| changed | / | Adjective |
| deadlocked | /x | Adjective |
| depleted | x/x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| edgy | /x | Adjective |
| embarrassed | x/x | Adjective |
| encumbered | x/x | Adjective |
| filtered | /x | Adjective |
| hurried | /x | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| jittery | /xx | Adjective |
| languid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| limited | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| nervous | /x | Adjective |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| outstretched | x/ | Adjective |
| piloted | /xx | Verb |
| poses | /x | Verb, Noun |
| relaxed | x/ | Adjective |
| restive | /x | Adjective |
| rocky | /x | Adjective, Name |
| saturated | /xxx | Adjective |
| stalled | / | Adjective |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| stumbling | /xx | Noun |
| taxed | / | Adjective |
| tended | /x | Verb |
| tested | /x | Verb |
| uptight | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| volatile | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| voltage | /x | Noun |
| worn | / | Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
