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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| menacing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| forbidding | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| alarming | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| ugly | /x | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| ominous | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| lowering | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cloudy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| harassing | x/x | Adjective |
| threat | / | Noun |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| terrorizing | /xxx | Verb |
| blackmailing | /xx | Verb |
| disrupting | x/x | Verb |
| forcing | /x | Verb |
| attacking | x/x | Verb |
| harming | /x | Verb |
| fearing | /x | Verb |
| jeopardizing | /xxx | Verb |
| taunting | /x | Verb |
| risking | /x | Verb |
| endangering | x/xx | Verb |
| destroying | x/x | Verb |
| antagonizing | x/xxx | Verb |
| ruining | /xx | Verb |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| pressuring | /xx | Verb |
| impeding | x/x | Verb |
| demanding | x/x | Verb |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| inciting | x/x | Verb |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| assaulting | x/x | Verb |
| intimidating | x/xxx | Verb |
| wrecking | /x | Verb |
| potentially | x/xx | Adverb |
| destabilizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| affecting | x/x | Verb |
| sabotaging | /xxx | Verb |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| restraining | x/x | Verb |
| encroaching | x/x | Noun |
| scaring | /x | Verb |
| impacting | x/x | Verb |
| interfering | xx/x | Verb |
| annihilating | x/xxx | Verb |
| refusing | x/x | Verb |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| goading | /x | Noun |
| killing | /x | Noun |
| dominating | /xxx | Verb |
| retaliating | x/xxx | Verb |
| pummeling | /xx | Noun |
| ravaging | /xx | Noun |
| obstructing | x/x | Verb |
| coercing | x/x | Verb |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| obliterating | x/xxx | Verb |
| engulf | x/ | Verb |
| escalating | /xxx | Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| provoking | x/x | Adjective |
| alienating | /xxxx | Verb |
| declining | x/x | Verb |
| invading | x/x | Adjective |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective |
| weakening | /xx | Noun |
| failing | /x | Verb |
| compromising | /xxx | Verb |
| malign | x/ | Adjective |
| degrading | x/x | Adjective |
| insulting | x/x | Adjective |
| disintegrating | x/xxx | Noun |
| danger | /x | Noun |
| dissuade | x/ | Verb |
| tormenting | /xx | Adjective |
| intimating | /xxx | Verb |
| preventing | x/x | Verb |
| condemning | x/x | Verb |
| attempting | x/x | Verb |
| causing | /x | Verb |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| demeaning | x/x | Adjective |
| imposing | x/x | Verb |
| offending | x/x | Noun |
| controlling | x/x | Verb |
| thwarting | /x | Noun |
| intruding | x/x | Verb |
| strangling | /xx | Noun |
| inhibiting | x/xx | Verb |
| kidnap | /x | Noun |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| interrupting | xx/x | Verb |
| denigrating | /xxx | Verb |
| humiliating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| prompting | /x | Verb |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| overwhelm | xx/ | Verb |
| abusing | x/x | Verb |
| protect | x/ | Verb |
| perturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| expel | x/ | Verb |
| fierce | / | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| ghostly | /x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| concerning | x/x | Verb |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| inviting | x/x | Verb |
| what | / | Verb |
| disabling | x/xx | Verb |
| growls | / | Noun |
| specter | /x | Noun |
| spectre | /x | Noun |
| scowl | / | Noun |
| mien | / | Noun |
| range | / | Verb |
| gesture | /x | Noun |
| snarl | / | Noun |
| mob | / | Noun |
| portent | /x | Noun |
| gorge | / | Noun |
| storm | / | Noun |
| thunderstorm | /xx | Noun |
| posture | /x | Noun |
| activists | /xx | Noun |
| affirming | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| amputees | /x/ | Noun |
| angry | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| ar | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| atp | /// | Name |
| bene | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| benzodiazepines | xxx/xx | Noun |
| bi | / | Noun, Adjective |
| boats | / | Noun |
| brandishing | /xx | Noun |
| burgundian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| campaigning | x/x | Noun |
| carotene | /xx | Noun |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| communicating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| defiant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| dehumanizing | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| demoralizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| facing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| guttural | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hazard | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| iatrogenic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| imminent | /xx | Adjective |
| impending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| incapacitating | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| looming | /x | Adjective |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| nonthreatening | x/xx | Adjective |
| overhang | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| pledging | /x | Noun |
| savers | /x | Noun |
| saving | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| sustaining | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| vowing | /x | Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
