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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| worn | / | Adjective, Verb |
| tired | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| trite | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| stock | / | Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| tattered | /x | Adjective |
| ratty | /x | Noun |
| tatty | /x | Noun |
| shabby | /x | Adjective |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective |
| ragged | /x | Adjective |
| grubby | /x | Adjective |
| raggedy | /xx | Name |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| rickety | /xx | Adjective |
| dingy | /x | Adjective |
| frayed | / | Adjective, Verb |
| decrepit | x/x | Adjective |
| skimpy | /x | Adjective |
| sodden | /x | Adjective |
| ramshackle | /xx | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| soiled | / | Adjective |
| scruffy | /x | Adjective |
| grimy | /x | Adjective |
| mangy | /x | Adjective |
| rumpled | /x | Adjective |
| hoary | /x | Adjective |
| gauzy | /x | Noun |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| bedraggled | x/x | Adjective |
| dusty | /x | Adjective |
| drab | / | Noun |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| bloodstained | /x | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| homespun | /x | Noun |
| unfashionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| pallid | /x | Adjective |
| patchy | /x | Adjective |
| insubstantial | xx/x | Adjective |
| crummy | /x | Noun |
| serviceable | /xxx | Adjective |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| specious | /x | Adjective |
| sparse | / | Adjective |
| creaky | /x | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| filthy | /x | Adjective |
| unconvincing | xx/x | Adjective |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| scratchy | /x | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| outmoded | x/x | Adjective |
| haggard | /x | Noun |
| nondescript | /x/ | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| listless | /x | Adjective |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| flabby | /x | Adjective |
| unkempt | x/ | Adjective |
| scanty | /x | Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| shapeless | /x | Adjective |
| unpromising | x/xx | Adjective |
| bare | / | Adjective |
| sere | / | Noun |
| sleazy | /x | Adjective |
| thrummed | / | Verb |
| crushed | / | Verb |
| skinny | /x | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| sheer | / | Adjective |
| woven | /x | Verb |
| sagged | / | Verb |
| woolly | /x | Adjective |
| baggy | /x | Adjective |
| thrown | / | Verb |
| linen | /x | Noun |
| shot | / | Noun |
| trimmed | / | Verb |
| stranded | /x | Adjective |
| leathern | /x | Adjective |
| patched | / | Verb |
| cassock | /x | Noun |
| carpet | /x | Noun |
| overcoats | /xx | Noun |
| rug | / | Noun |
| faded | /x | Verb |
| sofa | /x | Noun |
| upholstery | x/xx | Noun |
| cardigan | /xx | Noun |
| cloak | / | Noun |
| couch | / | Noun |
| bathrobe | /x | Noun |
| coat | / | Noun |
| blanket | /x | Noun |
| cliche | x/ | Noun |
| jacket | /x | Noun |
| shawl | / | Noun |
| towel | /x | Noun |
| armchair | /x | Noun |
| jeans | / | Noun |
| sail | / | Noun |
| quilt | / | Noun |
| overalls | /xx | Noun |
| torn | / | Verb |
| garments | /x | Noun |
| clothes | / | Noun |
| trousers | /x | Noun |
| stained | / | Verb |
| cuffs | / | Noun |
| tunic | /x | Noun |
| suit | / | Noun |
| breeches | /x | Noun |
| absorbing | x/x | Adjective |
| alien | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| auto | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barrels | /x | Noun |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bear | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| beige | / | Adjective, Noun |
| bin | / | Noun, Verb |
| birds | / | Verb |
| blind | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| chaise | / | Noun |
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| counters | /x | Noun |
| embroidered | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| feather | /x | Noun, Verb |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| laundered | /x | Verb |
| lit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| maroon | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| seedy | /x | Adjective |
| unbuttoned | x/x | Adjective |
| wadded | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| yarn | / | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| sfa | x | Name |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
