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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| fault | / | Noun, Noun |
| blemish | /x | Noun |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| demon | /x | Noun |
| mean streak | // | Phrase, Noun |
| malady | /xx | Noun |
| harm | / | Noun |
| scar | / | Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun |
| pitfall | /x | Noun |
| folly | /x | Noun |
| villainy | /xx | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| travesty | /xx | Noun |
| pathetic fallacy | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| demerit | x/x | Noun |
| lack | / | Noun |
| damaged goods | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| stain | / | Noun |
| accident of birth | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| weakling | /x | Noun |
| fate | / | Noun |
| taint | / | Noun |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| death | / | Noun |
| decadent | /xx | Adjective |
| bad actor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| casualty | /xxx | Noun |
| moral turpitude | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective |
| chagrin | x/ | Noun |
| curse | / | Noun |
| ruin | /x | Noun |
| deformity | x/xx | Noun |
| foul play | // | Phrase, Noun |
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| ruth | / | Name |
| psychopath | /xx | Noun |
| wound | / | Noun |
| wretch | / | Noun |
| poisoned chalice | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| discredit | x/x | Noun |
| defect | /x | Noun |
| incorrigible | x/xxx | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective |
| enfant terrible | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| infamy | /xx | Noun |
| plague | / | Noun |
| treachery | /xx | Noun |
| gutter | /x | Noun |
| bad apple | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| nemesis | /xx | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| whimsy | /x | Noun |
| anathema | x/xx | Noun |
| detriment | /xx | Noun |
| crab | / | Noun |
| brunt | / | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| blight | / | Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| cutthroat | /x | Noun |
| failing | /x | Verb |
| fall from grace | /// | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| blur | / | Noun |
| malpractice | x/x | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| pity | /x | Noun |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| malum in se | /xx | Phrase, Noun |
| minus | /x | Noun |
| mishap | /x | Noun |
| misfit | /x | Noun |
| kink | / | Noun |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| bad luck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| diamond in the rough | /xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| disrepute | xx/ | Noun |
| malus | /x | Name |
| feet of clay | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| reprobate | /xx | Noun |
| fallout | /x | Noun |
| deadly sin | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| peril | /x | Noun |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| pestilence | /xx | Noun |
| implosion | x/x | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun |
| martyrdom | /xx | Noun |
| profligacy | /xxx | Noun |
| gangrene | /x | Noun |
| maladjustment | xx/x | Noun |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective |
| ill effect | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| sad sack | // | Phrase, Noun |
| bad lot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective |
| deviation | xx/x | Noun |
| profligate | /xx | Adjective |
| blame | / | Noun |
| miscreant | /xx | Noun |
| affliction | x/x | Noun |
| crime against humanity | /x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| bad blood | // | Phrase, Noun |
| bad news | // | Phrase, Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| malfeasance | x/x | Noun |
| occupational hazard | xx/xx/x | Name, Name |
| jeopardy | /xx | Noun |
| reprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| corruption | x/x | Noun |
| abnormality | xx/xx | Noun |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| addiction | x/x | Noun |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| anomaly | x/xx | Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| beam | / | Noun, Verb |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun |
| blunder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| breach | / | Noun, Verb |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| breech | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| bug | / | Noun, Verb |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| caveat | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| chink | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| clue | / | Noun, Verb |
| comic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| convincing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| default | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deficiency | x/xx | Noun |
| deficit | /xx | Noun |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| deputy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| deserving | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| fateful | /x | Adjective |
| fly | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| fortunate | /xx | Adjective |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| gash | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| glitch | / | Noun, Verb |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| grand | / | Noun, Adjective |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| grieved | / | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| hack | / | Noun, Verb |
| handicap | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hole | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| imbalance | x/x | Noun |
| impairment | x/x | Noun |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| imperfection | xx/x | Noun |
| impropriety | xx/xx | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| inauspicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| interlude | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| irregular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| irregularity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| lacuna | x/x | Noun |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| lemon | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| limitation | xx/x | Noun |
| loophole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| macabre | x/x | Adjective |
| magic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| malfunction | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| mistake | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| notch | / | Noun, Verb |
| obstacle | /xx | Noun |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| petty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| pleasing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| protagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| real | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| rift | / | Noun, Verb |
| ruling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sane | / | Adjective, Noun |
| scarcity | /xx | Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| shocking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| shortage | /x | Noun |
| shortfall | /x | Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sin | / | Noun, Verb |
| slit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective |
| sorrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| spiritual | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| straw | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| suspicion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| tragedies | /xx | Adjective |
| tragically | /xx | Adverb |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective |
| untimely | x/x | Adjective, Adverb |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| vice | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| void | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| weakness | /x | Noun |
| weaknesses | /xx | Noun |
