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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| bad luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| long odds | // | Phrase, Noun |
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| bad news | // | Phrase, Noun |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| bitter end | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| mishap | /x | Noun |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| hell or high water | ////x | Phrase, Noun, Adverb |
| worse | / | Adjective |
| hard feelings | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| sad sack | // | Phrase, Noun |
| long shot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| bad hair day | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| spot | / | Noun |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| harm | / | Noun |
| mixed blessing | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| fail | / | Verb |
| mixed bag | // | Phrase, Noun |
| bad loser | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| sticky wicket | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| underdog | /xx | Noun |
| not a pretty sight | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| dead loss | // | Phrase, Noun |
| jinx | / | Noun |
| trials and tribulations | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| pity | /x | Noun |
| bad actor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun |
| outside chance | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| almost | /x | Adverb |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective |
| knot | / | Noun |
| sob story | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| bad blood | // | Phrase, Noun |
| sour grapes | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| dry hole | // | Phrase, Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| stumbling block | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| obstacle course | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| lost cause | // | Phrase, Noun |
| shame | / | Noun |
| injury | /xx | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| dead duck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| bother | /x | Verb |
| dead end | // | Phrase, Noun |
| last resort | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| narrow escape | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| wretch | / | Noun |
| hurt | / | Noun |
| foil | / | Noun |
| heart attack | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| dirty trick | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| exercise in futility | /xxxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| jeopardy | /xx | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| curse | / | Noun |
| corner | /x | Noun |
| forlorn hope | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| poor sport | // | Phrase, Noun |
| balk | / | Noun |
| beating | /x | Noun |
| wrong side of the tracks | ///x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| black mark | // | Name, Name |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| travail | x/ | Noun |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| wound | / | Noun |
| bind | / | Noun |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| adam | /x | Name |
| adamant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| agility | x/xx | Noun |
| alignment | x/x | Noun |
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective |
| ankara | /xx | Name |
| apostles | x/x | Noun |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| assertive | x/x | Adjective |
| astrological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bargain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beefy | /x | Adjective |
| bet | / | Verb, Noun |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blessing | /x | Noun |
| bliss | / | Noun |
| boon | / | Noun, Adjective |
| bowl | / | Noun, Verb |
| brave | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bravery | /xx | Noun |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| bruiser | /x | Noun |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| bully | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bummer | /x | Noun |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| callous | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| cartilaginous | /xxxx | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| charm | / | Noun, Verb |
| cheer | / | Noun, Verb |
| chewy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| chrysalis | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| chunky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circumstances | /xxx | Verb |
| clover | /x | Noun |
| coincidence | x/xx | Noun |
| complex | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| conciliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| courage | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cow | / | Noun, Verb |
| crazy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| crescent | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crippling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| crystalline | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| daddy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| demanding | x/x | Adjective |
| dense | / | Adjective, Noun |
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| destiny | /xx | Noun |
| determined | x/x | Adjective |
| dexterity | x/xx | Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| dice | / | Noun, Verb |
| dicey | /x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| dirtiest | /xx | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| dogged | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| dogmatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| 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 |
| durable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| durum | /x | Noun |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| energetic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| exacting | x/x | Adjective |
| expectation | xx/x | Noun |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| exponent | /xx | Noun |
| extremist | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| eye | / | Noun, Verb |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| fainting | /x | Noun |
| fascist | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fate | / | Noun, Verb |
| faust | / | Name |
| favor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| favour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fermi | /x | Name |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| fibrous | /x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| fight | / | Verb, Noun |
| filthy | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| fluke | / | Noun, Verb |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fort | / | Noun, Verb |
| fortunately | /xxx | Adverb |
| fortune | /x | Noun, Verb |
| found | / | Verb, Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| fun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fundamentalist | xx/xx | Noun |
| gamble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| golf | / | Noun, Verb |
| good luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| goodness | /x | Noun |
| goon | / | Noun, Verb |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gutsy | // | Adjective |
| guy | / | Noun, Verb |
| happiness | /xx | Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hardcore | // | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| hardened | /x | Adjective |
| hardworking | /xx | Adjective |
| hardy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hawkish | /x | Adjective |
| hazard | /x | Noun, Verb |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heightened | /x | Adjective |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hood | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| hooligan | /xx | Noun |
| hope | / | Noun, Verb |
| horseshoe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| 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 |
