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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| calamity | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| cataclysm | /xxx | Noun, Noun |
| comedy | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| tragically | /xx | Adverb |
| atrocity | x/xx | Noun |
| heartbreak | /x | Noun |
| devastation | xx/x | Noun |
| grief | / | Noun |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| massacre | /xx | Noun |
| carnage | /x | Noun |
| sadness | /x | Noun |
| accident | /xx | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| heartache | /x | Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| incident | /xx | Noun |
| sorrow | /x | Noun |
| triumph | /x | Noun |
| trauma | /x | Noun |
| turmoil | /x | Noun |
| farce | / | Noun |
| bloodbath | /x | Noun |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| death | / | Noun |
| horror | /x | Noun |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| injustice | x/x | Noun |
| conflagration | xx/x | Noun |
| fatality | x/xx | Noun |
| mayhem | /x | Noun |
| violence | /xx | Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| heroism | /xxx | Noun |
| bloodshed | /x | Noun |
| grieving | /x | Verb |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| upheaval | x/x | Noun |
| aftermath | /xx | Noun |
| betrayal | x/x | Noun |
| madness | /x | Noun |
| anguish | /x | Noun |
| mourning | /x | Noun |
| scandal | /x | Noun |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Adjective |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| poignancy | /xx | Noun |
| travesty | /xx | Noun |
| ruination | /x/x | Noun |
| mishap | /x | Noun |
| loss | / | Noun |
| pathos | /x | Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| terror | /x | Noun |
| ugliness | /xx | Noun |
| cruelty | /x | Noun |
| epidemic | xx/x | Noun |
| hardship | /x | Noun |
| despair | x/ | Noun |
| suicide | /xx | Noun |
| disappointment | xx/x | Noun |
| conflict | /x | Noun |
| chaos | /x | Noun |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| holocaust | /xx | Name |
| illness | /x | Noun |
| outrage | /x | Noun |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| hilarity | x/xx | Noun |
| absurdity | x/xx | Noun |
| outbreak | /x | Noun |
| fate | / | Noun |
| casualty | /xxx | Noun |
| brutality | x/xx | Noun |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| dramatic irony | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| intrigue | x/ | Noun |
| theater | /xx | Noun |
| dramatics | x/x | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| passion play | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| fable | /x | Noun |
| dramatis personae | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| coup de théâtre | /xx | Name, Name |
| unity | /xx | Noun |
| morality play | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| plot | / | Noun |
| romance | x/ | Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| thriller | /x | Noun |
| psychodrama | xx/x | Noun |
| dramaturgy | /xxx | Noun |
| opera | /x | Noun |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| presentation | xx/x | Noun |
| horror story | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| dramatization | xxx/x | Noun |
| monologue | /xx | Noun |
| theatrical | x/xx | Adjective |
| black comedy | //xx | Name, Name |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| tetralogy | x/xx | Noun |
| chiller | /x | Noun |
| extravaganza | xxx/x | Noun |
| role | / | Noun |
| trilogy | /xx | Noun |
| parody | /xx | Noun |
| scène à faire | xx | Phrase, Noun |
| acting | /x | Verb |
| novel | /x | Noun |
| catalyst | /xx | Noun |
| thalidomide | x/xx | Adjective |
| revenge | x/ | Adjective |
| shakespearian | /xxx | Adjective |
| shakespearean | x/xx | Adjective |
| jacobean | xx/x | Adjective |
| nan | / | Name |
| attic | /x | Adjective |
| befallen | x/x | Verb |
| dido | /x | Name |
| epic | /x | Noun |
| denouement | xx/ | Noun |
| commons | /x | Noun |
| cato | /x | Name |
| unrelieved | xx/ | Adjective |
| macbeth | x/ | Name |
| lear | / | Name |
| averted | x/x | Verb |
| heartrending | //x | Adjective |
| greek | / | Adjective |
| othello | x/x | Name |
| euripides | x/xx | Name |
| sophocles | /xx | Name |
| elizabethan | xxx/x | Adjective |
| muse | / | Noun |
| catharsis | x/x | Noun |
| oedipus | /xx | Name |
| aeschylus | //x | Name |
| act of god | /// | Name, Name |
| apocalypse | x/xx | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bombing | /x | Noun |
| commentary | /xxx | Noun |
| copy | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cry | / | Noun, Verb |
| discipline | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| disgrace | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| fire | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| force majeure | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| glory | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hero | /x | Noun |
| history | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| homer | /x | Name, Verb |
| literature | /xxx | Noun |
| luke | / | Name, Adjective |
| lyric | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| martyrdom | /xx | Noun |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| philosophy | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| play | / | Verb, Noun |
| playwright | /x | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun, Verb |
| poetry | /xx | Noun |
| preface | /x | Noun, Verb |
| protest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ramp | / | Noun, Verb |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| saga | /x | Noun |
| satan | /x | Name |
| scourge | / | Noun, Verb |
| shakespeare | /x | Name |
| shame | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| shipwreck | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shooting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| sue | / | Name, Verb |
| suffering | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| tears | / | Noun |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| universe | /xx | Noun |
| upset | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| woe | / | Noun, Adjective |
| wreck | / | Noun, Verb |
| wrought | / | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
