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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| sad | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| grisly | /x | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| cataclysmic | xx/x | Adjective |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| comical | /xx | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| bittersweet | /xx | Noun |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| scandalous | /xx | Adjective |
| accident | /xx | Noun |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| unforgivable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| surreal | x/ | Adjective |
| momentous | x/x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| heartwarming | /xx | Adjective |
| hilarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| heroic | x/x | Adjective |
| macabre | x/x | Noun |
| unfathomable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| unforgettable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ignoble | x/x | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| heartrending | //x | Adjective |
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective |
| unimaginable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| senseless | /x | Adjective |
| regretful | x/x | Adjective |
| joyous | /x | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective |
| epic | /x | Noun |
| fatality | x/xx | Noun |
| accidental | xx/x | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| despicable | x/xx | Adjective |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| unbelievable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| heartbroken | /xx | Adjective |
| unexpected | xx/x | Adjective |
| remarkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| ludicrous | /xx | Adjective |
| hysterical | x/xx | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| fateful | /x | Adjective |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun |
| incident | /xx | Noun |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| touching | /x | Verb |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| anguished | /x | Adjective |
| tormenting | /xx | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| sorry | /x | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| dystopian | //xx | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| mortal | /x | Adjective |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| crushing | /x | Verb |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| triste | / | Noun |
| wounded | /x | Verb |
| bereft | x/ | Noun |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| brokenhearted | /xxx | Adjective |
| denouement | xx/ | Noun |
| catharsis | x/x | Noun |
| muse | / | Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun |
| hero | /x | Noun |
| inevitability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| heroine | /xx | Noun |
| assassination | xxx/x | Noun |
| farce | / | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| choruses | /xx | Noun |
| pathos | /x | Noun |
| ending | /x | Noun |
| verges | /x | Verb |
| fate | / | Noun |
| protagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| comic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| convincing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| deserving | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| fortunate | /xx | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| grand | / | Noun, Adjective |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| grieved | / | Adjective |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| inauspicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| interlude | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| magic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| mishap | /x | Noun, Verb |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| petty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| pleasing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| real | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| sane | / | Adjective, Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| spiritual | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective |
| untimely | x/x | Adjective, Adverb |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
