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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| hardened | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| sturdy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| rowdy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| sinewy | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| rugged | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| ruffian | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| hooligan | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| bully | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| rubbery | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| goon | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| thug | / | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| punk | / | Verb, Adjective |
| stringy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| leathery | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| chewy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| calloused | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unsentimental | xxx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| hood | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| fibrous | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| cartilaginous | /xxxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| inured | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| street fighter | //x | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| thickened | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| toughened | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| tender | /x | Noun, Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| easy | /x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| good | / | Adjective |
| tenacious | x/x | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| tuff | / | Noun |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| gutsy | // | Adjective |
| grueling | /xx | Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| nice | / | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| tiring | /x | Noun |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| terrific | x/x | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| resilient | x/x | Adjective |
| great | / | Adjective |
| struggling | /xx | Verb |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective |
| unpopular | x/xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| smart | / | Name |
| crazy | /x | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| gritty | /x | Noun |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| uncompromising | x/xxx | Adjective |
| doable | /xx | Adjective |
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| pretty | /x | Adjective |
| brave | / | Adjective |
| competitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| feisty | /x | Adjective |
| courageous | x/x | Adjective |
| soft | / | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| wise | / | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| admirable | /xxx | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective |
| wimpy | /x | Name |
| durable | /xx | Adjective |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| intimidating | x/xxx | Verb |
| solid | /x | Adjective |
| exciting | x/x | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| hardy | /x | Noun |
| stiff | / | Adjective |
| tough as nails | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| robust | x/ | Adjective |
| stout | / | Noun |
| steely | /x | Adjective |
| hefty | /x | Adjective |
| brawny | /x | Noun |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| tough as old boots | //// | Phrase, Adjective |
| stuffy | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| hearty | /x | Noun |
| thick | / | Adjective |
| dense | / | Adjective |
| rigid | /x | Adjective |
| strapping | /x | Noun |
| corny | /x | Noun |
| brazen | /x | Noun |
| sharp | / | Adjective |
| solid as a rock | /x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| weighty | /x | Adjective |
| rocky | /x | Name |
| starchy | /x | Noun |
| stark | / | Name |
| ragged | /x | Adjective |
| hardcover | /xx | Noun |
| massive | /x | Adjective |
| beefy | /x | Adjective |
| muscular | /xx | Adjective |
| earnest | /x | Noun |
| tall | / | Adjective |
| hardback | /x | Noun |
| stalwart | /x | Noun |
| coarse | / | Adjective |
| brittle | /x | Adjective |
| steel | / | Noun |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| hardcore | // | Noun |
| ironclad | /xx | Noun |
| gruff | / | Adjective |
| manly | /x | Name |
| shrewd | / | Adjective |
| starch | / | Noun |
| hombres | /x | Noun |
| sledding | /x | Noun |
| cookie | /x | Noun |
| sell | / | Noun |
| nut | / | Noun |
| hide | / | Noun |
| taskmaster | /xx | Noun |
| negotiator | x/xxx | Noun |
| sod | / | Noun |
| outer | /x | Noun |
| exterior | x/xx | Noun |
| guy | / | Noun |
| disciplinarian | xxx/xx | Noun |
| cop | / | Noun |
| hang | / | Verb |
| husk | / | Noun |
| cuticle | /xx | Noun |
| rind | / | Noun |
| dude | / | Noun |
| campaigner | x/x | Noun |
| fighter | /x | Noun |
| customer | /xx | Noun |
| ponies | /x | Noun |
| grind | / | Noun |
| kid | / | Noun |
| fight | / | Noun |
| real | / | Adverb |
| steak | / | Noun |
| veteran | /xx | Noun |
| irishman | /xx | Name |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| adam | /x | Name |
| adamant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective |
| ankara | /xx | Name |
| assertive | x/x | Adjective |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bruiser | /x | Noun |
| bummer | /x | Noun |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| chrysalis | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| chunky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| complex | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| cow | / | Noun, Verb |
| crescent | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crippling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| crystalline | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| demanding | x/x | Adjective |
| determined | x/x | Adjective |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| dogged | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| dome | / | Noun, Verb |
| dorado | x/x | Name |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dry | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dur | x | Noun, Adjective |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| durum | /x | Noun |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| energetic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| exacting | x/x | Adjective |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| extremist | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fascist | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fermi | /x | Name |
| filthy | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| fort | / | Noun, Verb |
| found | / | Verb, Noun |
| fundamentalist | xx/xx | Noun |
| golf | / | Noun, Verb |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hardworking | /xx | Adjective |
| hawkish | /x | Adjective |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| heightened | /x | Adjective |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective |
| inelastic | xx/x | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| intensified | x/xx | Adjective |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| it | / | Noun, Adjective |
| jungle | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| married | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| matt | / | Name, Adjective |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| meat | / | Noun |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| militant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| more | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| muscle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nail | / | Noun, Verb |
| painstaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| picky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| powerful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| radical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| resistant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| resistive | x/x | Adjective |
| resolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| rigour | // | Noun |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
