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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| horrific | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dreaded | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| frightening | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| frightful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| wicked | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| abysmal | x/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| crappy | /x | Adjective |
| unforgivable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| good | / | Adjective |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| great | / | Adjective |
| disgusting | x/x | Adjective |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| unbelievable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| mediocre | xx/x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| weird | / | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| nightmare | /x | Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| terrific | x/x | Adjective |
| stupid | /x | Adjective |
| incredible | x/xx | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| inexcusable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| stupendous | x/x | Adjective |
| fantastic | x/x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| execrable | x/xx | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| excruciating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| awesome | /x | Adjective |
| despicable | x/xx | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| insane | x/ | Adjective |
| amazing | x/x | Adjective |
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| crummy | /x | Noun |
| ludicrous | /xx | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| damnable | x/x | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| laughable | /xx | Adjective |
| unimaginable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unholy | x/x | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| curse | / | Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| egregious | x/x | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective |
| detestable | x/xx | Adjective |
| foul | / | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| enormous | x/x | Adjective |
| godforsaken | /x/x | Noun |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| repulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| infamous | /xx | Adjective |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| beastly | /x | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| gory | /x | Noun |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| black | / | Name |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| revolting | x/x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| hateful | /x | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| twos | / | Noun |
| manifold | /xx | Verb |
| scourge | / | Noun |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| hangover | /xx | Noun |
| fright | / | Noun |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| carnage | /x | Noun |
| ravages | /xx | Noun |
| racket | /x | Noun |
| vengeance | /x | Noun |
| screeching | /x | Verb |
| toll | / | Noun |
| privations | x/x | Noun |
| stench | / | Noun |
| blizzard | /x | Noun |
| storm | / | Noun |
| mistake | x/ | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| tortures | /x | Noun |
| massacre | /xx | Noun |
| beating | /x | Noun |
| loneliness | /xx | Noun |
| havoc | /x | Noun |
| thunderstorm | /xx | Noun |
| sufferings | /xx | Noun |
| slaughter | /x | Noun |
| tempest | /x | Noun |
| revenge | x/ | Noun |
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| agonising | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| almighty | x/x | Name, Adjective, Adverb |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ashamed | x/ | Adjective |
| astonishing | x/xx | Adjective |
| attire | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| avon | /x | Name |
| baptist | /x | Name, Adjective |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| barrels | /x | Noun |
| bear | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| beholder | x/x | Noun |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blows | / | Noun, Verb |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| boardroom | /x | Noun |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| breadwinner | /xx | Noun |
| bubonic | x/x | Adjective |
| buck | / | Noun, Verb |
| bullocks | /x | Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| chilling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| classroom | /x | Noun |
| cob | / | Noun, Verb |
| colossal | x/x | Adjective |
| contemptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| councillor | /xx | Noun |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| crew | / | Noun, Verb |
| cruiser | /x | Noun |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| delaware | /xx | Name |
| depraved | x/ | Adjective |
| destiny | /xx | Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| fat | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fateful | /x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| filthy | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| freak | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| funny | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| grisly | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| guilty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| horror | /x | Noun |
| huge | / | Adjective |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| immense | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| impermissible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| improper | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| incorrigible | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| inexorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| infernal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| invalid | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| kamala | x/x | Name |
| lame | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| major | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| massive | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nil | / | Noun |
| null | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| poorly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| pretty | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| redoubtable | x/xx | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| rotten | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| rough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| savage | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| scared | / | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| shame | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| sorry | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| spooky | /x | Adjective |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| suck | / | Verb, Noun |
| super | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
